PHIL 176: Death (Spring 2007, Open Yale Courses): Lecture 02 - The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism

PHIL 176: Death

Lecture 02 - The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism. Professor Kagan discusses the two main positions with regard to the question, "What is a person?" On the one hand, there is the dualist view, according to which a person is a body and a soul. On the other hand, the physicalist view argues that a person is just a body. The body, however, has a certain set of abilities and is capable of a large range of activities. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 02 - The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism

Time	Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00]	1. "Is There Life After Death?" Asking the Right Question
[00:13:25]	2. Ways to Conceptualize Self-Identity
[00:21:18]	3. Dualists: The Body-Soul Perspective
[00:39:00]	4. The Physicalists: The Body Is a Body and Conclusion

References

Lecture 2 - The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism
Instructor: Professor Shelly Kagan. Resources: Figures 2.1-2.2 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Course Introduction

Lecture 02 - The Nature of Persons: Dualism vs. Physicalism

Lecture 03 - Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part I

Lecture 04 - Introduction to Plato's Phaedo; Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part II

Lecture 05 - Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part III: Free will and Near-death Experiences

Lecture 06 - Arguments for the Existence of the Soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I

Lecture 07 - Plato, Part II: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul

Lecture 08 - Plato, Part III: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)

Lecture 09 - Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul (cont.)

Lecture 10 - Personal Identity, Part I: Identity across Apace and Time and the Soul Theory

Lecture 11 - Personal Identity, Part II: The Body Theory and the Personality Theory