Who/what are you thinking of when you say it's common? There's exactly one[1] post 1950 Anglosphere philosopher I could credibly associate with the idea, out of

Who/what are you thinking of when you say it's common? There's exactly one[1] post 1950 Anglosphere philosopher I could credibly associate with the idea, out of literally hundreds I've read: John Searle. And arguably that's a dismissive appraisal of what he thinks (but I don't think his view makes any damn sense, so that's what I'm stuck with). [1] Honorable mention to Trenton Merricks and Peter Van Inwagen who have strange beliefs that sound a bit like belief in a vital force, but aren't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereological_nihilism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereological_nihilism Edit: I see you say remnants. I suppose a lot of this is open to interpretation about what a remnant is.