By "no parts", do you mean no separable parts or no parts at all? — absoluteaspiration
If state B was reached because the atom was previously in state A, would that manner of causation qualify as "affecting itself" in the sense you intended? — absoluteaspiration
We ourselves are simples - entities with no parts - and we can change what mental state we are in. — Bartricks
Can a unity act on itself EDIT: directly? — Daniel
What about a photon decaying into an electron-positron pair? — absoluteaspiration
Unless you're agreeing with me, I don't understand how. An elaboration would be much appreciated. — absoluteaspiration
If you check the universe there are tons of entities with no parts — javi2541997
If you grant that the self is an entity with no parts, which sounds questionable to me, — absoluteaspiration
then you could argue that the change in state in each step is an entity with no parts interacting with itself:
A ---> B ---> C ---> ... — absoluteaspiration
So apparently we are in fact … entities with parts … because there is some distinction between global selfhood and particular states of mind that it is is useful to mention … — apokrisis
In that case, you've rejected the premise of this question. — absoluteaspiration
In fact, the bosons don't behave like physical components in any way you might imagine. They only "exist" as a mathematical characterization of the photon. — absoluteaspiration
Could you elaborate on why the bosons nevertheless qualify as "parts" in the relevant sense? — absoluteaspiration
is that any claim of a fundamental unit is still conjecture so the answer to your question imo is YES if you are convinced that we have identified mass or energy fundamentals and NO if you are not convinced.Is it possible for something that has no parts, a unity/particular, to affect itself directly? Can a unity act on itself — Daniel
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