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On a body‐switching argument in defence of the immateriality of human nature.
- Source :
- Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy; Feb2024, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p17-29, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In an earlier paper in Theoria, I discussed an argument based on the idea of "soul‐switching" that attempted to undermine the immaterialist account of human beings. The present paper deals with a parity argument against that argument in which the idea of "body‐switching" plays a pivotal role. I call these two arguments, that have been reported by Razi (d. 1210), respectively "the soul‐switching argument" and "the body‐switching argument". After some introductory remarks, section 2 of the paper describes the structure of the latter argument. Section 3 considers some philosophical discussions in the ancient, modern, and contemporary eras in which the idea of body‐switching (or some similar conception) plays a major role. In the following section 4, some criticisms of the argument are discussed and a general response that is meant to cover a broad range of objections is considered. This paper shows that the body‐switching argument reported by Razi is a methodological antecedent of several contemporary arguments in defence of substance dualism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IMMATERIALISM (Philosophy)
IDEALISM
DUALISM
SELF
SOUL
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00405825
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175964741
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12505