THE NEGATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUATION IN NATURE, AND THE SEPARATABILITY AND THE CONCEPT OF SUBJECT AS HUMAN ARTIFICES

From a materialist reductionist standpoint, the Universe is the sum of its parts and interactions, a whole that follows the same physical laws, a unique substance in which there is no place for autonomous individuals or individualities since all things are intertwined and share the same mode of being. The separation of the Universe itself in its multiple parts obeys subjective criteria related to the way our brain works, analyzes information and obtains knowledge. The principle of individuation which gives to each human being an entity-subject separated from others is also an artefact of our way of perceiving reality. At this stage, the free will of individuals who believe themselves to be autonomous is merely an illusion.