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Ensouled Identity: Deconditioning Philosophy and Unconditioned Theology

Authors :
Farris, Joshua
Farris, Joshua
Source :
Diacovensia : teološki prilozi; ISSN 1330-2655 (Print); ISSN 1849-014X (Online); Volume 31; Issue 3
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The nature of personal identity is ultimately theological in nature. Through a survey of some of the recent philosophical evidence for the soul (in the analytic philosophical tradition), the following lays out reasons for why personal identity is accounted for by a soul because of the nature of phenomenal consciousness as essentially descriptive of persons. Yet, this conclusion is buttressed by theological reflection on personal origins and the end of life. Through a guided reflection on the origins of persons and the end of life (through the lens of dementia case studies), further suggested information about the person as a substance of consciousness reveals more than what is uncovered through philosophical or scientific analysis alone. In this way, and building on Priest’s recents work, the following is a sketch of personal identity as ensouled identity that moves beyond what Priest calls the ‘conditioned’ mode to the ‘unconditioned’ mode of theology.<br />Priroda osobnoga identiteta u konačnici je teološke naravi. Pomoću pregleda nekih nedavnih filozofskih dokaza o duši (u analitičkoj filozofskoj tradiciji) članak izlaže razloge zašto duša objašnjava osobni identitet zbog prirode fenomenološke svijesti kao esencijalnoga deskriptora osobe. Ipak, taj zaključak potkrjepljuje teološko razmišljanje o osobnom podrijetlu i kraju života. Pomoću vođenoga razmišljanja o podrijetlu osoba i kraju života (promatranim kroz istraživanje slučajeva demencije) daljnje predložene informacije o osobi kao supstanciji svijesti otkrivaju više od onoga što se otkriva samo filozofskim ili znanstvenim analizama. Na taj način, i nadovezujući se na Priestov nedavni rad, članak je skica osobnoga identiteta kao duševnoga identiteta koji nadilazi ono što Priest naziva uvjetovani način neuvjetovanoga načina teologije.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Journal :
Diacovensia : teološki prilozi; ISSN 1330-2655 (Print); ISSN 1849-014X (Online); Volume 31; Issue 3
Notes :
application/pdf, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1404995345
Document Type :
Electronic Resource