John Locke and personal identity
Subtitle: immortality and bodily resurrection in 17th-century philosophy
By: Joanna K. Forstrom.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847061454
Subjects: Locke, John, -- 1632-1704; Identity (Psychology); Immortality; Future life; Resurrection; Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: John Locke and the problem of personal identity : the principium individuationis, personal immortality, and bodily resurrection; title: On separation and immortality : Descartes and the nature of the soul; title: On materialism and immortality or Hobbes' rejection of the natural argument for the immortality of the soul; title: Henry More and John Locke on the dangers of materialism : immateriality, immortality, immorality, and identity; title: Robert Boyle : on seeds, cannibalism, and the resurrection of the body; title: Locke's theory of personal identity in its context : a reassessment of classic objections.