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Personal Identity
Interregnum
(Text as at 06/07/2023 00:43:12)
Plug Note1
- Thesis Text:
- This is a term of art for the (supposed) period between death2 and reincarnation3, of which this is a sub-topic. I think the term is due to Paul Edwards.
- The problem with this period – whatever it is called – is that it may seem to imply intermittent existence4.
- Alternatively, it has to rely on some alternative substrate for the existence5 of which there is little or no evidence.
- The obvious candidate is a substantial soul6. However, it seems that orthodox Hinduism thinks of a rather tenuous “astral body” as providing the link.
- That said, the same issue arises for any post-mortem survival7 that is alleged to follow the total destruction of the body8. At least reincarnation9 has some tenuous evidence in its favour, whereas there are – as far as I’m aware – no claimed occurrences of the resurrection10 of a totally-destroyed body11.
- I suppose that theists might claim that the information12 that constitutes13 a person14 is held in the mind of God during the interregnum.
References
- Relevant Works cited above: No items to list.
- For a page of Links15 to this Note, Click here. It doesn’t currently reveal anything of use.
- Works on this topic that I’ve actually read16, include the following:-
- A further reading list might start with:-
- 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-holder17.
Table of the Previous 7 Versions of this Note:
Summary of Notes Referenced by This Note
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Summary of Notes Citing This Note
| Animalism |
PID Note, Book & Paper Usage, 2, 3 |
Thesis - Chapter 06 (Animalism and Arguments for It) |
Thesis - Chapter 11 (Resurrection), 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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? |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Animalism |
Paper  |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 06 (Animalism and Arguments for It) |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 11 (Resurrection) |
Paper |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Chapter 12 (Conclusion) |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Current Position |
Paper |
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Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Personal Identity |
Paper  |
2, 3, 4 |
Yes |
References & Reading List
| Author |
Title |
Medium |
Source |
Read? |
| Barua (Ankur) |
Revisiting the Rationality of Reincarnation-Talk |
Paper - Cited  |
International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 2015 |
Yes |
| Edwards (Paul) |
Reincarnation: A Critical Examination |
Book - By Subtopic (via Paper By Subtopic) |
Edwards (Paul) - Reincarnation: A Critical Examination |
Yes |
| Edwards (Paul) |
The 'Interregnum': What Happens Between Lives? |
Paper - By Subtopic |
Edwards - Reincarnation: A Critical Examination, 2002, Chapter 15 |
Yes |
| Todman (Theo) |
Thesis - Interregnum |
Paper - By Subtopic |
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Yes |
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