Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    If no separately existing entity constitutes the person, ... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→There is reason to think that a person's survival of death is logically possible.

    If no separately existing entity constitutes the person, then the concept of 'survival' after total physical discontinuity is logically empty rather than merely empirically uncertain.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

    No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Key Terms

    Survival(as used in philosophy of mind and metaphysics)
    In this context, the idea that some essential part of you (your consciousness or identity) continues to exist after your physical body dies.
    empirically uncertain(as used in epistemology)
    Something we can't prove or disprove through observation and experience, but that still makes logical sense as an idea—like wondering if aliens exist.
    logically empty(as used in epistemology and logic)
    A concept that doesn't actually mean anything or make sense when you think it through carefully—not just impossible to prove, but literally nonsensical.
    person(Used to ground the claim that bodily and mental authority belongs to the person whose body and mind they are)
    An entity constituted by a body and a mind, which are parts or aspects of that entity

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Explore a random proposition
    Start fresh with something unrelated.
    physical discontinuity(as used in philosophy of mind)
    When your body completely breaks apart, ceases to exist, or is destroyed—a complete break in the physical stuff that makes up your body.
    separately existing entity(as used in philosophy of mind and personal identity)
    Something that exists on its own, independent from everything else—like a soul or a distinct self that could theoretically exist apart from the body.

    Connections

    1 topic

    Afterlife & Death1 linked

    Related

    There is reason to think that a person's survival of death is logically possible...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    0 (0 for, 0 against)
    Edits
    1 edit

    Open for perspectives

    This idea is waiting for its first supporting or challenging perspective.

    Share the first perspective