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1、Persons,SoulsandDeathALSOBYDAVIDH.LUNDDeathandConsciousness(McFarland,1985)Persons,SoulsandDeathAPhilosophicalInvestigationofanAfterlifeDAVIDH.LUNDMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersJefferson,NorthCarolina,andLondonLIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLIC
2、ATIONDATALund,DavidH.Persons,soulsanddeath:aphilosophicalinvestigationofanafterlife/DavidH.Lund.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-0-7864-3487-9softcover:50#alkalinepaper¡.Futurelife.2.Mindandbody.3.Parapsychologyandphilosophy.I.Ti
3、tle.BD421.L862009129—dc222008050569BritishLibrarycataloguingdataareavailable©2009DavidH.Lund.AllrightsreservedNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingorrecording,orbyanyinformations
4、torageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Coverimage©2009ClipartManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersBox611,Je›erson,NorthCarolina28640www.mcfarlandpub.comToGregory,Matthew,andRebeccaAcknowle
5、dgmentsIwishtothankmywife,Elaine,forthemanyhoursspentinword-processingthemanuscript.viTableofContentsPreface1INTRODUCTION3ThePerennialQuestion3APhilosophicalApproach6TheInfluenceandScopeofScience9TheCoherenceoftheIdeaofPost-MortemExistence11TheRelevanc
6、eoftheCaseforTheism16TheNatureofPersonsandtheLawsofNature19PartI:Persons,Bodies,andthePossibilityofPost-MortemExistenceTHECASEAGAINSTPOST-MORTEMEXISTENCE23AntecedentProbabilityofExtinction23Empirically-GroundedSupportofExtinction23Theory-BasedArgument
7、sforExtinction25MINDS,SOULSANDPERSONS29Materialist-ReductionistAccountsoftheMental29MaterialistTheoriesofPersonalIdentity32TheImmaterialityoftheMental35PsychologicalTheoriesofthePerson45ThePersonasSubjectofConsciousStates47MENTAL-PHYSICALRELATIONS63Th
8、eCausalityProblem63Mind-BrainInteraction65CausationConceivedasReducible67CausationConceivedasIrreducible69DeepCausation70TheDirectionalityofCausation71viiviiiTABLEOFCONTENTSIntentionalCausation71DualisticCausationandtheCausalClosureHypothesis7