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Personal Identity
Animation
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- Thesis Text:
- “Animation” is an important matter. Just when does a particular life2 begin, and does it require any “vital force” or “infused soul3” (as the term implies)? Of course, the scientific answer to the latter question is that it doesn’t. However, such notions are central to many religious claims, though are not assumed by Christian Materialists4.
- We also need to consider:-
- Reanimation, and
- Suspended animation
- Both of these concepts are beloved of the Transhumanists5, at least those who are interested in the idea that their body6 or brain7 might be frozen until the time comes when it is possible for their reanimation.
- Suspended animation – in the form of cryoscopic suspension – appears as a TE8 in "Clark (Andy) & Kuhn (Robert Lawrence) - Aeon: Video - Andy Clark - Virtual immortality", to try to demonstrate that we are “patterns in information space9”.
Further Remarks
- This Note will be constructed alongside those for
References
- Relevant Works cited above:
- "Clark (Andy) & Kuhn (Robert Lawrence) - Aeon: Video - Andy Clark - Virtual immortality", 2019, External Link, Read
- For a page of Links12 to this Note, Click here. Naturally, I’ve had to remove spurious references in the links below to “animations” in IT, and to thinkers being “animated” by various exciting ideas.
- Works on this topic that I’ve actually read13, include the following:-
- Aeon:
- "Clark (Andy) & Kuhn (Robert Lawrence) - Aeon: Video - Andy Clark - Virtual immortality", 2019, External Link
- General:
- "Baker (Lynne Rudder) - When Do Persons Begin and End?", 2005, Annotations, External Link, Internal PDF Link
- "Feldman (Fred) - A Materialist Conception of Death", 1992
- "Feldman (Fred) - The Enigma of Death", 1992
- "Gasser (Georg) - Personal Identity and Resurrection: Introduction", 2010, Annotations
- "O'Connell (Mark) - To be a Machine", 2017, Book
- "Thomas (Janice L.) - What matters for survival and the logical possibility of resurrection", 2000
- A further reading list might start with:-
- General:
- "Diamond (James J.) - Abortion, Animation, and Biological Hominization", 1975, External Link, Internal PDF Link
- "Hershenov (David) & Koch-Hershenov (Rose J.) - Anscombe on Embryos and Persons", 2016, External Link, Internal PDF Link, Read = 22%
- "Puccetti (Roland) - The Conquest of Death", 1976, Internal PDF Link, Read = 33%
- For a list of Works that have been considered, but have missed the cut for inclusion in this Section of my Thesis, see the following:-
- Read: No items to list.
- Further Reading: No items to list.
- This is mostly a place-holder14.
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Reading List for this Topic |
Parent Topic |
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Life |
Summary of Notes Referenced by This Note
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Summary of Notes Citing This Note
| Christian Materialism |
PID Note, Book & Paper Usage, 2, 3 |
Thesis - Chapter 06 (Animalism and Arguments for It), 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Thesis - Chapter 07 (The Constitution View and Arguments for It) |
Thesis - Chapter 12 (Conclusion) |
| Thesis - Current Stance |
Thesis - Personal Identity, 2, 3, 4 |
Website Generator Documentation - Functors, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Authors, Books & Papers Citing this Note
| Author |
Title |
Medium |
Extra Links |
Read? |
| Baker (Lynne Rudder) |
When Do Persons Begin and End? |
Paper  |
2, 3 |
Yes |
| Diamond (James J.) |
Abortion, Animation, and Biological Hominization |
Paper  |
2, 3 |
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| Feldman (Fred) |
A Materialist Conception of Death |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Feldman (Fred) |
The Enigma of Death |
Paper |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
Yes |
| Gasser (Georg) |
Personal Identity and Resurrection: Introduction |
Paper |
2, 3 |
Yes |
| Hershenov (David) & Koch-Hershenov (Rose J.) |
Anscombe on Embryos and Persons |
Paper  |
|
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| O'Connell (Mark) |
To be a Machine |
Book |
|
Yes |
| Puccetti (Roland) |
The Conquest of Death |
Paper |
2, 3, 4 |
|
| Thomas (Janice L.) |
What matters for survival and the logical possibility of resurrection |
Paper |
|
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 06 (Animalism and Arguments for It) |
Paper |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 07 (The Constitution View and Arguments for It) |
Paper |
|
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 12 (Conclusion) |
Paper |
|
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Christian Materialism |
Paper |
|
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Current Position |
Paper |
|
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Personal Identity |
Paper |
2, 3, 4 |
Yes |
References & Reading List
| Author |
Title |
Medium |
Source |
Read? |
| Baker (Lynne Rudder) |
When Do Persons Begin and End? |
Paper - Cited |
Distinguished Faculty Lecture, December 5, 2005 |
Yes |
| Baker (Lynne Rudder) |
When Do Persons Begin and End? |
Paper - Referencing |
Distinguished Faculty Lecture, December 5, 2005 |
Yes |
| Clark (Andy) & Kuhn (Robert Lawrence) |
Aeon: Video - Andy Clark - Virtual immortality |
Paper - Cited |
Aeon, 19 August, 2019 |
Yes |
| Diamond (James J.) |
Abortion, Animation, and Biological Hominization |
Paper - Cited |
Theological Studies 1975 Jun;36(2):305-24. |
No |
| Feldman (Fred) |
A Materialist Conception of Death |
Paper - Cited |
Feldman - Confrontations with the Reaper, Chapter 7 |
Yes |
| Feldman (Fred) |
Confrontations with the Reaper: A Philosophical Study of the Nature and Value of Death |
Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) |
Bibliographical details to be supplied |
Yes |
| Feldman (Fred) |
The Enigma of Death |
Paper - Cited |
Feldman - Confrontations with the Reaper, Chapter 4 |
Yes |
| Gasser (Georg) |
Personal Identity and Resurrection: Introduction |
Paper - Cited |
Gasser (Georg) - Personal Identity and Resurrection: How Do We Survive Our Death? 2010 |
Yes |
| Gasser (Georg), Ed. |
Personal Identity and Resurrection: How Do We Survive Our Death? |
Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) |
Bibliographical details to be supplied |
96% |
| Hains (Brigid) & Hains (Paul) |
Aeon: C-F |
Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) |
Bibliographical details to be supplied |
51% |
| O'Connell (Mark) |
To be a Machine |
Book - Cited |
O'Connell (Mark) - To be a Machine |
Yes |
| Puccetti (Roland) |
The Conquest of Death |
Paper - Referencing |
Donnelly (John) - Language, Metaphysics and Death: A Metaphysical Reader (First Edition) |
33% |
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