REFLECTED VIEW ON THE PERSONAL AFTERLIFE

• Authors: Krchňák Daniel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author tries to argue that, from the methodological position of reflected equilibrium, it seems to be reasonable to build a theory of personal identity that enables a person to continue her existence after the biological death of her body. This conclusion is supported by the argument that our practice reflects that our identity-pre-supposing concerns reach beyond biological continuity. We have also good reasons to maintain such concerns and practices. As the best candidate to implement such concerns in a theoretical account of practical identity, he will identify the person-life view, where personal identity depends to a great extent on social conditions. The author also shows how this theory can implement the classical belief in the afterlife, and how it could conceptualize the difference of the afterlife from a physical and a theistic point of view.

Keywords

EN

AFTERLIFE; REFLECTED EQUILIBRIUM; PERSONAL IDENTITY; PERSON-LIFE

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 196 - 214

Contributors

author

Krchňák Daniel

• Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic