PHIL 168g Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reductionism
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All particles of matter have size, shape, and a motion. All concretions of atoms have their properties and qualities/ characteristics that are functions of their size, shape, and motion of the particles composing them a. Souls are just made up of certain types of particles, exist kinda near your chest - thin simple, perfectly spherical particles. Mind is a different thing that is composed of a ton of these little particles. Argument: a set of premises together with a designated conclusion. It is impossible for the premises to be true while the conclusion is false. Soundness - valid + all the premises are actually true.