what is a human person
the metaphysical approach, existential approach
2 general kinds
Demiurge
A Platonic view of a god as one who crafts the world as a sculptor would shape a piece of stone or clay. Also used in Gnostic philosophical systems to describe an inferior or "lesser" being who is creator of the world, but less than a supreme god.
Disembodied spirit view
A human person is essentially just his/her spirit
cogito ergo sum
I think therefore I am
Plato and Rene Descartes
Pondered the relationship between the mind and body, and between knowledge and experience; disembodied spirit viewt
substance dualism
The theory that reality contains two kinds of substances: physical and mental
mind
emphasizes its consciousness
soul
emphasizes its life giving function
spirit
emphasizes its nonbodily nonbiological or nonphysical nature
existential approach
focuses on the kind of life, mode of existence, that is unique to a human person
embodied spirit view
human person is essentially the unity of his or her body and spirit
Martin Heidegger
mataphysical dealing with the what of a human person while the existential as dealing with the who if a human person
body
one undeniable fact about a human person is the he or she has a
soul mind spirit
other human components
Unspirited body view
position naturally results from the belief that humans do not have a spiritual component
reincarnation
the rebirth of the soul ; plato
anamnesis
theory of recollection
physical states
thoughts and emotions
rene descartes
views reality as composed of two diff types of substancrd mind matter
metaphysical approach
which focuses kn the kinds of substances or materials and capacities that uniquely make up a human person