Solitude without Souls: Why Peter Unger hasn’t Established Substance Dualism

• Published in: Philosophia (Ramat Gan) Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 109 - 125
• Main Authors: Bynoe, Will, Jones, Nicholas K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Consciousness; Education; Epistemology; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Ethics; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Science; Unger, Peter; Problem of the many; Substance dualism; Constitution; Knowledge theory

Unger has recently argued that if you are the only thinking and experiencing subject in your chair, then you are not a material object. This leads Unger to endorse a version of Substance Dualism according to which we are immaterial souls. This paper argues that this is an overreaction. We argue that...