@TristanSevers Oh, how interesting, I don’t know about that! Is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mortalism … ?
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@Meaningness Hadn't heard it called Mortalism before (have heard "Christian Materialism"), but it looks like that's it, yes.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TristanSevers Cool! There’s a Catholic philosopher, Peter van Inwagen, who’s a strict materialist, and argues that resurrection must be >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TristanSevers > of the body, the same one when you died, so God takes your brain then and replaces it with an inert replica, and He >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TristanSevers > physically stores it on ice in a physical location until Judgement Day.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TristanSevers I think this is interesting because it decouples the mind/body problem from the life-after-death issue.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness The thing I wish I knew is the causal direction for my own belief, because whichever it is the implications are fascinating.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness If being taught Mortalism is sufficient to kill dualistic tendencies, then philosophical minutia are actually hugely important.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness If it's the other direction, then I'm apparently a natural materialist and therefore noticed the implications of Mortalism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Which would mean there's such a thing as a natural materialist.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@TristanSevers Oh, yes, very interesting… FWIW I suspect “material” and “mental” are recent categories, and it’s not so much that primitive>
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@TristanSevers > people are natural dualists as that they just don’t make the distinctions clearly.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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