Mind, body and soul- other scholars

Question 1

Flew

Answer 1

Dualism is nonsensical, describing the mind/ soul as a substance is a misuse of the term

Question 2

Locke

Answer 2

It isn’t just the body that makes up an individual. There is something more. We understand the idea of waking up in someone else’s body but keeping our mind

Question 3

Augustine

Answer 3

Plato’s cycle of opposites influenced Augustine when he decided evil was just a privation of good

Question 4

Hume

Answer 4

Being aware of our thinking is a nature separate from the physical

Question 5

Kant

Answer 5

Although a simple substance can’t disintegrate, consciousness may cease to exist

Question 6

Ward

Answer 6

Without belief in the soul, morality becomes a personal choice. Without a soul, humanity lacks a sense of final purpose

Question 7

Swinburne

Answer 7

There are fundamental truths that can’t be explained in purely physical terms