Theo Todman's Web Page - Paper Abstracts

Authors' Abstract

• We present an original emergent individuals view of human persons, on which persons are substantial biological unities that exemplify metaphysically emergent mental states.
• We argue that this view allows for a coherent model of identity-preserving resurrection from the dead consistent with orthodox Christian doctrine, one that improves upon alternatives accounts recently proposed by a number of authors.
• Our model is a variant of the “falling elevator” model advanced by Dean Zimmerman that, unlike Zimmerman’s, does not require a closest continuer account of personal identity.
• We end by raising some remaining theological concerns.