This paper argues that the substance concept, as discussed by Aristotle in his Categories, aids us to improve our understanding of human nature. distinguished primary from secondary substance, and substantial accidental change. We explain these distinctions, their use for phenomena, discuss how we can integrate them with evolutionary explanations For explaining typical characteristics evolved, ...

Evolutionary theory has greatly influenced science and technology, but in recent decades contemporary scholarship demonstrated religious influence evolutionary thought. Religious premises do not merely provide insight; they underwrite both by mandating strictly naturalistic origins providing key arguments for evolution. These are common the evolution literature, what theological traditions doct...