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John Locke and personal identity : immortality and bodily resurrection in 17th-century philosophy / Joanna K. Forstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forstrom, Joanna K.
- Series:
- Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Identity (Psychology).
- Immortality.
- Future life.
- Resurrection.
- Philosophy, Modern--17th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Locke, John, 1632-1704.
- Locke, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-55199-X
- 9786612551994
- 1-4411-1314-2
- OCLC:
- 649831382
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