A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person

Hud Hudson

Published by Cornell University Press 2001

A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person

Hud Hudson

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501725715

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About this book

Hud Hudson presents an innovative view of the metaphysics of human persons according to which human persons are material objects but not human organisms. In developing his account, he formulates and defends a unique collection of positions on...

Author / Editor information

Hud Hudson is Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University and the author of Kant's Compatibilism, also from Cornell.

Reviews

J.P. Moreland, Talbot School of Theology:

This book places Hudson at the forefront of work in material composition; it is a 'must' read. This is a well-researched book, technically written and occasionally brilliant.

John P. Hawthorne, Syracuse University:

A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person is filled with imaginative and memorable examples that enhance its value as a source. Hud Hudson engages with a cluster of difficult issues in ontology, provides an overview of the range of positions on the metaphysics of human persons, thinks through difficult methodological issues, and comes up with original ideas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. A MATERIALIST METAPHYSICS OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Chapter 1. The Many Problematic Solutions to the Problem of the Many Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2. Persistence and the Partist View Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 3. Vagueness and Composition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Chapter 4. The Criterion of Personal Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 5. A Portrait of the Human Person Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
PART II. APPLICATIONS: ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Chapter 6. Pre-Persons, Post-Persons, Non-Persons, and Person-Parts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 7. Nothing But Dust and Ashes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Religious Studies; Philosophy

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Published: October 18, 2018
ISBN: 9781501725715