Oxford Scholarship Online- Concludes the book with reasons to accept the Constitution View1. It really is a materialistic view. It can accomplish almost everything that a dualist wants without the burden of dualism. It takes persons seriously in a specified sense: Being a person is relevant to the fundamental kind of individual that one is; elimination of any person would be elimination of an individual; having mental states is relevant to what a person is. No other materialist view takes persons seriously in all three of these respects.
- The Constitution View2 explains how it is that, although we are set apart by our first-person perspectives3, we are still animals. Hence, the Constitution View4 locates human persons in the material world. The general idea of constitution (without identity) allows for a metaphysics that is both materialistic and nonreductive. This general conception of constitution supports an ontological pluralism that honors the genuine variety of kinds of individuals in the world.
Contents- Yes, Materialism
- Dualism and its Desiderata
- Taking Persons Seriously5
- Materialistic Competitors
- Conclusion
Write-up6 (as at 14/07/2019 18:05:46): Baker - In Favour Of the Constitution View
This note controls my detailed review of "Baker (Lynne Rudder) - In Favour Of the Constitution View", Chapter 9 of "Baker (Lynne Rudder) - Persons and Bodies: A Constitution View". I’ve pirated the Oxford Scholarship Online summary as a temporary expedient.
Oxford Scholarship Online- Concludes the book with reasons to accept the Constitution View. It really is a materialistic view. It can accomplish almost everything that a dualist wants without the burden of dualism. It takes persons seriously in a specified sense: Being a person is relevant to the fundamental kind of individual that one is; elimination of any person would be elimination of an individual; having mental states is relevant to what a person is. No other materialist view takes persons seriously in all three of these respects.
- The Constitution View explains how it is that, although we are set apart by our first-person perspectives7, we are still animals. Hence, the Constitution View locates human persons in the material world. The general idea of constitution (without identity) allows for a metaphysics that is both materialistic and nonreductive. This general conception of constitution supports an ontological pluralism that honors the genuine variety of kinds of individuals in the world.
Contents- Yes, Materialism
- Dualism and its Desiderata
- Taking Persons Seriously8
- Materialistic Competitors
- Conclusion
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