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The New Zealand blog and podcast of Dr Glenn Peoples that discusses philosophy, philosophy, theology, politics and social issues philosophy, theology, religion, Christianity, philosophy, of, religion Dr Glenn Peoples Dr Glenn Peoples glenn@orcon.net.nz no no http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/does-john-13-rule-out-uncreated-abstract-objects/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/does-john-13-rule-out-uncreated-abstract-objects/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:13:26 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=2533 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2011/does-john-13-rule-out-uncreated-abstract-objects/feed/ 66 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/nuts-and-bolts-008-nominalism/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/nuts-and-bolts-008-nominalism/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:23:08 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1954 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/nuts-and-bolts-008-nominalism/feed/ 13 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/episode-032-in-search-of-the-soul-part-4/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/episode-032-in-search-of-the-soul-part-4/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:59:48 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=1151 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2010/episode-032-in-search-of-the-soul-part-4/feed/ 7 0:48:03 Here’s the fourth installment on my series on the mind-body problem. In this episode I look at the argument against physicalism from the afterlife. Here, some dualists argue that if physicalism were true, then the resurrection of the dead woul[...] Here’s the fourth installment on my series on the mind-body problem. In this episode I look at the argument against physicalism from the afterlife. Here, some dualists argue that if physicalism were true, then the resurrection of the dead would be logically impossible. Their argument is: The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead entails that people will be raised back to life who are the same people who died long ago. In other words, they will have the same identity. Sameness of identity requires unbroken metaphysical continuity (that is, the continued, uninterrupted or “non-gappy” existence of whatever thing the functioning person is, whether a physical thing or an immaterial mind). In physicalism, it is logically impossible for there to be unbroken metaphysical continuity between a physical person who died a hundred years ago and a person who will be raised to life in the future. Therefore if physicalism is true, the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead is logically impossible. Stated differently, a physicalist cannot consistently believe in the resurrection of the dead. How might a physicalist respond to this line of argument? Listen to find out. As promised in the episode, here are a few pieces of work by Trenton Merricks that relate to some of the material I cover: “How to Live Forever Without Saving your Soul,” in Kevin Corcoran (ed.) Soul, Body, and Survival: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human Persons (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001), 183-200 “There Are No Criteria of Identity Over Time,” Noûs 32:1 (1998), 106-124. “The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting” in Michael J. Murray (ed.), Reason for the Hope Within (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 261-286. Enjoy. Glenn Peoples If you liked this post, feel free to help support this project. metaphysics, Philosophy, podcast Dr Glenn Peoples no no http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/nuts-and-bolts-002-numerical-identity/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/nuts-and-bolts-002-numerical-identity/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:55:52 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=433 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/nuts-and-bolts-002-numerical-identity/feed/ 14 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/numerical-identity-does-not-require-qualitative-identity/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/numerical-identity-does-not-require-qualitative-identity/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:36:41 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=377 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/numerical-identity-does-not-require-qualitative-identity/feed/ 15 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/dualism-plantingas-soft-spot/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/dualism-plantingas-soft-spot/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:16:16 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=341 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/dualism-plantingas-soft-spot/feed/ 18 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/episode-027-in-search-of-the-soul-part-2/ http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/episode-027-in-search-of-the-soul-part-2/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 09:38:01 +0000 Glenn http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/?p=327 http://www.beretta-online.com/wordpress/2009/episode-027-in-search-of-the-soul-part-2/feed/ 8 0:44:34 Here it is (at last!), part two of the series on philosophy of mind, In Search of the Soul. In this episode I introduce the viewpoint called emergentism, and I explore the argument for dualism from free will. It’s not the most exciting of epis[...] Here it is (at last!), part two of the series on philosophy of mind, In Search of the Soul. In this episode I introduce the viewpoint called emergentism, and I explore the argument for dualism from free will. It’s not the most exciting of episodes, but it’s worth including and listening to if you’re wanting to get a decent overview of philosophy of mind because it lays out a major position (emergentism) and examines a pretty common argument for dualism. In episode 28 (I’ve decided that the whole series will be no more than five episodes long), I’ll look at William Hasker’s (among other people) objection to physicalism from the possibility of an afterlife, which I think will be a lot more interesting. 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