Rethinking Human Nature: A Christian Materialist Alternative to the Soul. By Kevin J. Corcoran
This brief book sets out and criticizes the arguments for body–soul dualism in a balanced way, without dismissing dualism as obviously false on scientific or un-Christian on biblical grounds (though the final chapter argues that the Bible is more appropriately interpreted as teaching a materialist d...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 376-377 |
| Review of: | Rethinking human nature (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2006) (Gould, Graham)
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| Summary: | This brief book sets out and criticizes the arguments for body–soul dualism in a balanced way, without dismissing dualism as obviously false on scientific or un-Christian on biblical grounds (though the final chapter argues that the Bible is more appropriately interpreted as teaching a materialist doctrine). Rejecting also ‘nothing-but materialism’, the author's own preferred theory is a ‘constitution view’, that human persons are constituted by their bodies but not identical to them, on the analogy of bank notes (constituted by but not identical to bits of printed paper) and the like. I am not sure that ‘constituted’, which in normal English usage seems to me to suggest identification, is the best word—perhaps ‘made’ would be a simpler alternative. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll173 |