Descartes, Kant, and Swinburne on Human Soul
Descartes, Kant, and Swinburne on Human Soul
Author(s): Stanisław JudyckiSubject(s): Philosophy, Metaphysics
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: soul; synthetic a priori knowledge; Kant; empirical and intelligible character
Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses two issues in Richard Swinburne’s book Are We Bodies or Souls? I interpret Swinburne’s modal argument as an example of a priori synthetic knowledge. Swinburne’s thesis that every person possesses “thisness” is compared with Kant’s distinction between the empirical character and the intelligible character.
Journal: Roczniki Filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 69/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 45-56
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English