Body, Soul and Life after Death Flashcards
Dualism
The belief that humans have two elements – Body and Soul
Materialism
The only substance is a material one
Monism
The view that humans are one substance, not two
Substance Dualism
The two elements (Body and Soul) are wholly different substances
Replica Theory
A thought experiment based on a soft materialism
Aristotle
The soul is the animating principle of the body
Parallelism
The mind and body have no causal connection yet keep time with each other, like two clocks
Soul One
Non- material life force (“mystic jelly” - Dawkins)
Soul Two
Intellect, reason of consciousness
Theistic monism (Hick)
“We are an indissoluble psycho-physical unity” (Hick)
P. Geach
“Man is a sort of body, not a body plus an immaterial somewhat”.
Identity Theory
All mental activity is centred in the brain and is a purely physical.
Epiphenomenalism
Bodily events can cause mental events but mental events cannot cause physical events i.e. mind cannot control the body
Resurrection
An embodied life after death, some beliefs involve a reuniting of soul and glorified body.
Reincarnation
The soul (Hindu - atman) is re-born into another body
