subpersonal

subpersonal

English

Etymology

    From sub- + personal.

    Adjective

    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.