The Simple View of Personal Identity and its Implications for Substance Dualism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Preface of the Editors 7
4. Welcoming Remarks: On the Value of Science in Islam 9
5. Knowledge of the Soul as Path 17
6. Self-Knowledge and the Soul 25
7. Substantial Motion and Islamic Theology 35
8. Is Hylomorphism a Neglected Option in Philosophy of Mind? 43
9. Are Near-death Experiences Evidence for the Existence of the Soul? 63
10. The Immateriality of the Human Soul 85
11. Becoming Transcendent: Remarks on the Human Soul in the Philosophy of Illumination 97
12. The Soul, Disposition or Substance? 123
13. A Muslim’s Spirit 133
14. Concepts of the Soul in the Bible and in the Ancient Mediterranean World 157
15. Two Problems in the Theory of Substantial Motion 175
16. Gnostic Elements in Mīr Findiriskī’s Theory of Knowledge and the Body-Soul Relation 187
17. How can I Survive? The Concept of the Soul and the Problem of Diachronic Personal Identity 209
18. The Soul-Body Problem in Islamic Philosophical Psychology 229
19. The Creation of the Human Soul: An Islamic Perspective 239
20. The Simple View of Personal Identity and its Implications for Substance Dualism 249
21. Two Kinds of Ontological Dualism 263
22. On Subjects 277
23. The Editors. List of Authors 296
24. Backmatter 298