Soul, Body, and Survival: Essays on the Metaphysics of Human Persons

by Kevin Corcoran (Editor)

How are soul and body related to one another? Are human beings immaterial souls, or complex physical organisms? Will we survive the death of our bodies? Does only the dualist view allow the possibility of life after death? This collection brings together cutting-edge research on the metaphysics of human nature and the possibility of post-mortem survival. Kevin Corcoran's collection, Soul, Body, and Survival , includes chapters from those who embrace traditional soul-body dualism, those who assert person-body identity, and those who propose entirely new views that fall outside the categories of monism and dualism. The first book to connect the metaphysics of persons with the belief in life after death, thus intersecting with theological as well as philosophical inquiry, it blurs the divide between metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2001

Reviews

[Jared Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of essays that address issues about the composition of human beings (soul/mind body problems). These essays cover a gamut of views, some Christian and some non-Christian. Dualism, monism, eliminativism (reductionist and non-reductionist), and holism, it's all here and very readable.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite the fact that several of the articles were irrelevant, I thought that it was a good metaphysical accompaniment to philosophy of mind.