Socrates' body less the finger is not a distinct thing, let alone a man, since it is a part of Socrates.
The case, Davidson says, has ramifications beyond abortion clinics: "It's funny how when we have cases that involve reproductive rights in one way or the other, there's a tendency to see it as only about that and to forget how it could be applied to other places, because it's such a distinct thing in American culture".
"There is a distinct possibility that things are going to ratchet up in terms of industrial action," he warns.
In fact, the theory of craft, along with the thesis that art is not craft, suffices to show that art proper is a distinct activity from the other three things, by showing that they are essentially crafts.
His argument is that, if the mental things arising from the minds of living things are a distinct realm of existence, then strictly physical theories about the origins of life, such as Darwinian theory, cannot be entirely correct.
As Britain's fever-pitch moment of patriotism is beginning to dwindle, and following the death of the figurehead of the mainstream cultural demonisation of rave, there's a distinct cleanliness to the whole thing.
"For years, there's been a distinct difference between how we did things live and how we did them in the studio," he said.
I think that's a distinct possibility because Everlapses aren't static things you make alone.
By watching the thoughts, it doesn't take too long to see there is two distinct things happening - a theme and a process.
