- This pseudo-Paper is intended as the mechanism to record time spent on the Note 'Religion1' during my Thesis research, as from 2011.
- For the actual time recorded, click on "Paper Statistics" above.
Write-up2 (as at 07/08/2020 04:46:34): Religion
Plug Note3- This Note doesn’t directly relate to my studies in the Philosophy of Religion, which has its own set of pages on my website, and quarterly Status Report4.
- Rather this Note has to do with the – historical and contemporary – ways in which religious questions and commitments have influenced philosophers in their discussions of personal identity.
- I disagree fundamentally with philosophers such as Alvin Plantinga that belief in God is “epistemologically basic”, but claim that philosophy asks questions that are prior to any others, except metaphilosophical questions5.
- Locke6’s thoughts on personal identity were initially motivated by worries about the metaphysics of Resurrection7, theodicy and other forensic8 concerns.
- I’ve noted elsewhere contemporary Christian Materialist9 Philosophers10 and their thoughts on the topic of personal identity.
- I’ve not yet made much of a study of Jewish views where these diverge from Christian views on the topic of personal identity and the future state.
- No doubt Muslim philosophers have similar concerns and motivations, but I have not investigated them (yet).
- I have, however, had a brief look at Hindu and Buddhist11 thought on the topic of Reincarnation12 and Karma.
- For a Page of Links13 to this Note, Click here. This is a massive list of mostly irrelevant items.
- Works on this topic that I’ve actually read14, include the following:-
- "Edwards (Paul) - Reincarnation, Karma, and Competing Doctrines of Survival", Edwards
- "Edwards (Paul) - The Law of Karma", Edwards
- "Vardy (Peter) & Arliss (Julie) - Evil in Eastern traditions", Vardy
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- A further reading list might start with:-
- "Johnson (Raynor) - Preexistence, Reincarnation and Karma", Johnson
- "Perrett (Roy W.) - Death and Immortality: Postscript and Appendix (Karma and the Problem of Suffering)", Perrett
- "Smythe (Ingrid Hansen) - Objections to Karma and Rebirth: An Introduction", Smythe
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- This is mostly a place-holder15.
In-Page Footnotes
Footnote 2: - This is the write-up as it was when this Abstract was last output, with text as at the timestamp indicated (07/08/2020 04:46:34).
- Link to Latest Write-Up Note.
Footnote 5: - Which are also philosophical, so part of philosophy itself.
Footnote 10: - The Note on Christian Materialism also references other contemporary philosophers with Christian affiliation, and their thoughts on personal identity.
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