tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post111886121480673224..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: On the neurophysiological argumentVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1118874384024098472005-06-15T15:26:00.000-07:002005-06-15T15:26:00.000-07:00If I understand Victor's view correctly, it's not ...If I understand Victor's view correctly, it's not at all like the Jewish view, because while no one is inclined to think that particular bone is you, the soul, which is the seat of consciousness, is a far more plausible candidate - both pre- and post-philosophically.<BR/><BR/>I should add, perhaps as a clarification of what I understand his view to be, that it's not the information that makes the person. A soul without any mental content is barren, but it's still either the person or an essential component of the person. Unlike the "bone" theory of identity, it's not just some arbitrary metaphysical pin cushion, unimportant in itself, within which to stick everything that really counts.<BR/><BR/>Finally, it's a pity that such a view seems "intriguing" and needs to be clarified. I don't say that either to disparage Victor or Steven, but out of regret that what is essentially Aquinas's view seems unfamiliar. It seems that both friends and enemies of dualism tend to be overly focused on Descartes' model and insufficiently aware of alternative versions - even when they're older and at least prima facie better reflect both common sense and the major western monotheistic traditions.Dennis Monokroussoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13519996886008859417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1118867571908492902005-06-15T13:32:00.000-07:002005-06-15T13:32:00.000-07:00It is intriguing that the 'information' can be 're...It is intriguing that the 'information' can be 'reembodied' and that this would count as the person who lived on earth.<BR/><BR/>With this model, Victor could today meet the resurrected Victor, as the information could be reembodied in a new body without having to destroy Victor's present body.<BR/><BR/>Clearly such a being would not be the Victor who lives on Earth. It would be a clone.<BR/><BR/>Some Jews have 'solved' the problem of this discontinuity between the destroyed person and the recreated person by positing a tiny bone in the body which can never be destroyed.<BR/><BR/>From that, God can recreate the person.<BR/><BR/>Victor's 'soul' seems to be playing the role of this bone. It is just there as an ad hoc solution of 'personal identity' problems.Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.com