Title

Substance Dualism and the Argument from Self-Awareness

School/Department

Talbot School of Theology

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

There are two tasks for any adequate philosophy of mind: (1) articulate one's position and explain why dualism is the commonsense view; (2) defend one's position. I believe that there is an argument that simultaneously satisfies both desiderata in a non-ad hoc way and, thus, the argument can thereby claim the virtue of theoretical simplicity in its favor. In what follows, I shall present the argument and defend its most crucial premise, respond to three criticisms that have been raised against it, and draw out one dialectical implication of the argument.

Keywords

Dualism; Self-consciousness (Awareness)--Religious aspects

Publication Title

Philosophia Christi

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

21

Last Page

34

DOI of Published Version

10.5840/pc20111313

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