Soul‐Switching and the Immateriality of Human Nature

On an Argument Reported by Razi

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ID20142115
AuthorsPirooz Fatoorchi (0000-0002-6344-3218, independent scholar, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume87
Issue5
Pages1067-1082
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheoria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12323
OpenAlexW3171850583
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

This article deals with an argument reported by Razi (d. 1210) that attempted to undermine the immaterialist position about human nature. After some introductory remarks and explanation of the conceptual background, the article analyses the structure of the argument, with special attention to the idea of soul‐switching .’ Some comparisons are made between the argument reported by Razi and a number of arguments from modern and contemporary eras of philosophy. One section is devoted to the critique of the argument and its conceptual basis. This article shows that the argument reported by Razi is a methodological antecedent of a family of contemporary epistemological arguments against substance dualism. It is also shown that discussion of the argument could be useful to highlight a weakness in some, but not all, versions of immaterialism about human nature

Antecedent (behavioral psychology) · Argument (complex analysis) · Dualism · Epistemology · Section (typography) · Soul · Computer Science · Historical Philosophy and Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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