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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815231903321

Autore

Forstrom Joanna K

Titolo

John Locke and personal identity : immortality and bodily resurrection in 17th-century philosophy / / Joanna K. Forstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2010

ISBN

1-282-55199-X

9786612551994

1-4411-1314-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Continuum Studies in British Philosophy

Disciplina

126.092

Soggetti

Identity (Psychology)

Immortality

Future life

Resurrection

Philosophy, Modern - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 John Locke and the Problem of Personal Identity: The Principium Individuationis, Personal Immortality, and Bodily Resurrection; Chapter 2 On Separation and Immortality: Descartes and the Nature of the Soul; Chapter 3 On Materialism and Immortality: Or Hobbes' Rejection of the Natural Argument for the Immortality of the Soul; Chapter 4 Henry More and John Locke on the Dangers of Materialism: Immateriality, Immortality, Immorality, and Identity; Chapter 5 Robert Boyle: On Seeds, Cannibalism, and the Resurrection of the Body

Chapter 6 Locke's Theory of Personal Identity in Its Context: A Reassessment of Classic ObjectionsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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