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John Locke and Personal Identity: Immortality and Bodily Resurrection in 17th-Century Philosophy(Continuum Studies in British Philosophy)

John Locke and Personal Identity: Immortality and Bodily Resurrection in 17th-Century Philosophy(Continuum Studies in British Philosophy)


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One of the most influential debates in John Locke's work is the problem of personal identity over time. This problem is that of how a person at one time is the same person later in time, and so can be held responsible for past actions. The time of most concern for Locke is that of the general resurrection promised in the New Testament. Given the turbulence of the Reformation and the formation of new approaches to the Bible, many philosophers and scientists paid careful attention to emerging orthodoxies or heterodoxies about death.  Here K. Joanna S. Forstrom examines the interrelated positions of Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Henry More and Robert Boyle in their individual contexts and in Locke's treatment of them. She argues that, in this way, we can better understand Locke and his position on personal identity and immortality.  Once his unique take is understood and grounded in his own theological convictions (or lack thereof), we can better evaluate Locke and defend him against classic objections to his thought.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. John Locke and the Problem of Personal Identity: The Principium Individuationis, Personal Immortality, and Bodily Resurrection 2. On Separation and Immortality: Descartes and the Nature of the Soul 3. On Materialism and Immortality: Or Hobbes' Rejection of the Natural Argument for the Immortality of the Soul 4. Henry More and John Locke on the Dangers of Materialism: Immateriality, Immortality, Immorality, and Identity 5. Robert Boyle: On seeds, cannibalism, and the resurrection of the body 6. Locke's Theory of Personal Identity in its Context: A Reassessment of Classic Objections Bibliography

About the Author :
K. Joanna S. Forstrom is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Spring Hill College, Alabama, USA. She has a PhD in Philosophy from Washington University in St Louis, USA.

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... both students and scholars can draw profit from Forstrom's historical survey of various seventeenth-century views on immortality and resurrection, which is often well-crafted and insightful.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781847061454
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 162
  • Series Title: Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1847061451
  • Publisher Date: 31 Mar 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Immortality and Bodily Resurrection in 17th-Century Philosophy


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