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subpersonal

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ personal.

Adjective

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subpersonal (not comparable)

  1. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to factors underlying the personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors
    • 2007 September 29, Toby Handfield, Alexander Bird, “Dispositions, rules, and finks”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI:
      So there remains the problem of linking the intended whole-person disposition to a subpersonal disposition of a rather different kind.