What does it mean to be a bodily soul?

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Evans, C. Stephen and Rickabaugh, Brandon L.. (2015). What does it mean to be a bodily soul? Philosophia Christi. 17(2), pp. 315 - 330.
AuthorsEvans, C. Stephen and Rickabaugh, Brandon L.
Abstract

Evangelical scholars have recently offered criticisms of mind-body dualism from the disciplines of theology, philosophy, and neuroscience. We offer several arguments as to why these reasons for abandoning mind-body dualism fail. Additionally, we offer a positive thesis, a dualism that brings together the best aspects of the Cartesian view and the Thomistic view of human persons. The result is a substance dualism that treats the nature of embodiment quite seriously. This view explains why we, as souls, require a resurrected body as well as accounting for the great good of our embodiment in general. A human person is at the same time wholly soul and yet fully bodily.

Keywordssubstance dualism; philosophy of mind; cartesian dualism; Thomistic dualism; ontology of human persons; philosophical anthropology; non-reductive physicalism; Christian materialism; soul
Year2015
JournalPhilosophia Christi
Journal citation17 (2), pp. 315 - 330
PublisherEvangelical Philosophical Society
ISSN1529-1634
Page range315 - 330
Research GroupInstitute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
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Place of publicationUnited States of America
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