书目名称 | The Metaphysics of Resurrection in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy |
编辑 | Jon W. Thompson |
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概述 | Sheds new light on theories of personal identity.Provides systematic treatment of the theories of resurrection.Highlights significance of historically overlooked figures such as the Late Scholastics |
丛书名称 | International Archives of the History of Ideas‘ Archives internationales d‘histoire des idées |
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描述 | .This book provides a new account of the emergence of the philosophy of personal identity in the early modern period. Reflection on personal identity is often thought to have begun in earnest with John Locke’s famous consciousness-based account, published in the 2.nd. Edition of the .Essay. in 1694. The present work argues that we ought to understand modern notions of personal identity, including Locke’s own, as emerging from within debates about the metaphysics of resurrection across the seventeenth century. It recovers and analyses theories of personal identity and resurrection in Locke and Leibniz, as well as largely-forgotten theories from the Cambridge Platonists, Thomas Jackson, and Francisco Suárez. The book narrates a time of radical change in conceptions of personal identity: the period begins with a near-consensus on hylomorphism, according to which the body is an essential metaphysical part of the person. The re-emergence of platonism in the period then undermines the centrality of the body for personal identity, and this lays the groundwork for a more thoroughly ‘psychological’ account of personal identity in Locke. This work represents the first scholarly study to thor |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Exegetical and theological issues; John Locke; 17th Century hylomorphism; The Metaphysics of Resurrecti |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10168-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-10170-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-10168-7Series ISSN 0066-6610 Series E-ISSN 2215-0307 |
issn_series | 0066-6610 |
copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |