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The Soul Theory of Personal
Identity |
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Same
soul, same person A.
Soul: an enduring non-physical self temporarily
linked to the physical body but which survives the death of the body B.
Surviving death is possible since death is a body
event |
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Some
problems: C.
Evidence? a.
Believing X does not make X true! b.
We seem to fall back to body descriptions c.
Requires skepticism regarding identity of
individuals |
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D.
Identity does not seem wholly independent of the
body a.
Gender b.
Phenomenal experience E.
Souls playing musical chairs? |
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F.
Doesn’t fit so well with some theological
fundamentals a.
If I am not my body but my soul, then I do not
actually die. Without death there is no need of resurrection |
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