Beyond the Bodily View and Psychological View of Human Beings: Human Beings are Rational Animals

Trinh, Khanh

doi:10.22034/jpiut.2024.59858.3662

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Khanh Trinh

Professor at Devine Word Seminary in Manila & Ph.D. Candidate of Philosophy, De La Salle University, Philippine

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.59858.3662

Abstract

We are... So, to reframe the inquiry: who are we on a metaphysical level? Which aspects of ourselves are the most universally representative of who we are? How do we fare in the face of the passage of time? For decades, philosophers have debated the concept of diachronic personal identity, which focuses on the question of what keeps us alive. An intricate debate has developed between those who hold the body view (animalism) and those who hold the psychological view (memory) on the question of who we are. The two groups will eventually become so firmly set in their views that they will be unable to compromise. Hylomorphic animalism, or the view that humans are rational animals, living bodies made of prime matter and a rational soul, is an alternative answer to this divisive question that I propose in this study, following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Aquinas. We only survive if matter and rational souls do.

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Volume 17, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45
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Beyond the Bodily View and Psychological View of Human Beings: Human Beings are Rational Animals

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Volume 17, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45 articlesVol. 17, Issue 45 (Winter 2023)December 2023Pages 317-329

Volume 17, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45
articles
Vol. 17, Issue 45 (Winter 2023)
December 2023
Pages 317-329