The compatibility of property dualism and substance materialism

摘要: Several philosophers have argued that property dualism and substance materialism are incompatible positions. Recently, Susan Schneider has provided a novel version of such an argument, claiming the incompatibility will be evident once we examine some underlying metaphysical issues. She purports to show on any account property-possession, turn out incompatible. In this paper, I argue Schneider’s case for between these two positions fails. After briefly laying her incompatibility, present substance—one relies relational ontology—that makes combination unproblematic. Then even under theories considers—those rely constituent ontology—there still is no problem.