*Can a person continue to exist after death without abandoning the body altogether?*
Eleonore Stump explains Thomas Aquinas’ view that human beings are fundamentally embodied creatures, yet possess a subsistent soul capable of surviving death until the resurrection.
0:00 Physicalism, Souls, and God
1:12 The Biblical View of Human Nature
2:37 Aquinas’ Theory of Body and Soul
4:29 Humans Between Matter and Spirit
6:00 Can the Soul Exist Without the Body?
7:40 Why Neuroscience Doesn’t Refute the Soul
8:58 The Christian Idea of the Separated Soul
*Eleonore Stump* is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. From 2013–2015, together with John Greco, she held a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility.
*More from Eleonore Stump on Closer To Truth:*
* Life After Death – Closer To Truth – Core Topic: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLfEal_zyY7PNks4DZrAVCX
* Stump’s Thomistic Dualism: https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/stump-s-thomistic-dualism
* Closer To Truth contributor page: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/eleonore-stump/
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