Body / Sol distinction key words

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Materialism
The idea that human beings consist of physical matter alone
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Dualism
The idea that there are two aspects to human beings; the physical and the mental. The mental may be identified as the sol
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Personal Identity
The question concerning what makes us who we are
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Reason
The thinking, rational part of the soul. Pato - the soul works best when reason is in charge. A good person is one whose soul is properly balanced with reason at the healm
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Spirit
The part of the soul that gives human feelings and make us determined to do the right thing
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Appetite
The part of the soul that gives humans desires and appetites. It can lead us to things that are not helpful
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Dawkins Soul One
The traditional view of the principle of life, a real seperate thing that is spiritual and contains personality. This is a concept which Dawkins rejects
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Dawkins Soul Two
"OED" definition: intellectual or spiritual power. high development of the mental faculties. Deep feeling and sensitivity" Dawkins argues that this is a meaningful way of describing ourselves, provided we are clear that this is not something seperate
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Ghost in the Machine
An invisible ghost-like subject in human bodies. Hick rejects this; he says that to talk of the soul is a way of talking about the value of our whole selves
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Traducianism
An early christian teaching that souls were passed down from parents rather than uniquelly implanted by God
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Replica Theory
The name given to John Hicks theory that God can create an exact copy of us in the afterlife
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Cogito ergo sum
"Ithink, therefore I am" (Descartes)
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Pineal Gland
A part of the brain where Descartes thinks the mind and bdy interact
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Ockhams Razor
The simplest explanation is usually the best. Therefore, Ockhamn believed in a brain rather than a body and soul
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