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    Atoms cannot serve as the ultimate constituents that grou... — Carmelics
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    Atoms cannot serve as the ultimate constituents that ground the reality of bodies.

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    • 1.For a thing to ground the reality of bodies, it must be a real being with true unity.
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    • 2.Atoms are extended beings.
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    • 3.Divisibility is of the essence of extension.
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    • 1.Point-atoms lacking spatial extension whatsoever possess genuine indivisibility and thus cannot be decomposed into distinct parts.
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    • 2.Boscovich's theory of point-particles demonstrates that a coherent atomism need not invoke extended atoms, thereby evading the divisibility regress entirely.
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    • 3.If the indivisibility objection dissolves for non-extended atoms, the inference from 'atomism' to 'mere aggregate' loses its logical force.
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    • 1.The Leibnizian demand for 'true unity' as a grounding condition smuggles in a rationalist metaphysical standard that empiricist ontologies are not obligated to satisfy.
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    • 2.Humean bundle theory grounds the reality of bodies in stable patterns of co-occurring qualities without requiring any bearer possessing intrinsic, indivisible unity.
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    • 3.If coherent physical explanation rather than metaphysical unity is the operative standard, atoms remain viable ultimate constituents.
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    Atoms are extended beings.Boscovich's theory of point-particles demonstrates that a coherent atomism need ...Divisibility is of the essence of extension.Even physically indivisible atoms would still be aggregates of distinct parts, a...
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    According to Leibniz, bodies (qua material) are aggregates, and an aggregate, of course, is not a substance on account of its lack of unity. The claim in the above passage is that whatever being or reality an aggregate has derives from the being and reality of its constituents. Thus, Leibniz thinks that if a body is to have any reality at all, if it is to be more than a mere “phenomenon, lacking all reality as would a coherent dream,” then it must ultimately be composed of things which are real
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