Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological
Trenton Merricks has objected to dualist conceptions of the Incarnation in a similar way to Jaegwon Kim’s pairing problem. On the original pairing problem, so argues Kim, we lack a pairing relationship between bodies and souls such that body A is causally paired with soul A and not soul B. Merricks,...
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| description | Trenton Merricks has objected to dualist conceptions of the Incarnation in a similar way to Jaegwon Kim’s pairing problem. On the original pairing problem, so argues Kim, we lack a pairing relationship between bodies and souls such that body A is causally paired with soul A and not soul B. Merricks, on the other hand, argues that whatever relations dualists propose that do pair bodies and souls together (e.g. causal relations) are relations that God the Son has with all bodies whatsoever via his divine attributes (e.g. God the Son could cause motion in any and all bodies via his omnipotence). So if we count these relations as sufficient for embodiment, then dualism implies that God the Son is embodied in all bodies whatsoever. I shall argue that while the original pairing problem might be easily answerable, the Christological pairing problem is not and that dualists must shift some of their focus from the defense of the soul’s existence to explicating the nature of the mind-body relationship. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f18fc59aa201471a88e762f3f28805e12022-12-21T19:13:32ZengSciendoPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University2284-73082021-06-011929911810.2478/perc-2021-0013Pairing Problems: Causal and ChristologicalWong Kevin W.0Moody Bible InstituteTrenton Merricks has objected to dualist conceptions of the Incarnation in a similar way to Jaegwon Kim’s pairing problem. On the original pairing problem, so argues Kim, we lack a pairing relationship between bodies and souls such that body A is causally paired with soul A and not soul B. Merricks, on the other hand, argues that whatever relations dualists propose that do pair bodies and souls together (e.g. causal relations) are relations that God the Son has with all bodies whatsoever via his divine attributes (e.g. God the Son could cause motion in any and all bodies via his omnipotence). So if we count these relations as sufficient for embodiment, then dualism implies that God the Son is embodied in all bodies whatsoever. I shall argue that while the original pairing problem might be easily answerable, the Christological pairing problem is not and that dualists must shift some of their focus from the defense of the soul’s existence to explicating the nature of the mind-body relationship.https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2021-0013christological anthropologychristologyembodimentmind-body dualismphysicalism |
| spellingShingle | Wong Kevin W. Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University christological anthropology christology embodiment mind-body dualism physicalism |
| title | Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological |
| title_full | Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological |
| title_fullStr | Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological |
| title_short | Pairing Problems: Causal and Christological |
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| topic | christological anthropology christology embodiment mind-body dualism physicalism |
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