Persons and Embodiment. A Contribution to the Metaphysics of Human Persons from a Dualistic Perspective

Challenges to Dualism

In light of the recent revival of nonreductive ontologies this conference aims to reflect critically on some recent versions of (substance) dualism. Its main focus lies on the attempt to formulate a version of dualism that is compatible with the scientific insight that human persons are a late product of natural evolution and therefore dependent on being embodied.

Indeed, one's perception of oneself as embodied appears to be a necessary precondition for self-expression and communication. Human persons are literally
created, not by biological processes but rather by means of social interaction and
encounters, which presuppose an embodied existence. Even biblical eschatology
promises a new, yet unknown mode of embodiment for the life hereafter.

But in what sense are these insights compatible with substance dualism?

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