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    It is difficult to argue that it is known that the annihi... — Carmelics
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    It is difficult to argue that it is known that the annihilation of the body entails the annihilation of the person.

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    • 1.Dualism in which the person and her body are contingently related is at least apparently coherent.
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    • 2.If the person and her body are only contingently related, the destruction of the body does not necessarily entail the destruction of the person.
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    • 1.All empirically confirmed instances of consciousness, memory, and personal identity are causally dependent on specific neural configurations.
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    • 2.When the physical substrate that causally sustains a phenomenon is destroyed, the burden of proof lies with those who claim the phenomenon persists.
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    • 3.Apparent coherence of dualist conceivability arguments does not constitute epistemic justification sufficient to override overwhelming empirical correlation.
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    • 1.Parfit's reductionist account establishes that personal identity just is the holding of certain physical and psychological continuity relations.
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    • 2.If personal identity is constituted by, rather than merely correlated with, such continuity relations, bodily annihilation dissolves the very relations that constitute the person.
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    It has not been shown conclusively that an identity-preserving materialist resurrection is impossible, but the difficulties, as outlined above, are formidable (Hasker 1999: 211–31). Proponents of an afterlife, it seems, would be better served if they were able to espouse some variety of mind-body dualism. This entry cannot undertake an assessment of the comparative merits of dualism and materialism. It is worth noting, however, that recent philosophy has seen an increased recognition in some quarters of the difficulties resulting from materialist views, and a corresponding interest in differen...

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