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Obrona dualizmu antropologicznego w filozofii Stanisława Judyckiego
The Defence of Anthropological Dualism in the Philosophy of Stanisław Judycki

Author(s): Marek Dobrzeniecki
Subject(s): Philosophy, Epistemology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Stanisław Judycki; the human soul; arguments in favour of the existence of the soul; anthropological dualism; Cartesian dualism; compositional dualism; substance dualism; anthropological materialism

Summary/Abstract: The following paper summarizes the achievements of Stanisław Judycki in the field of philosophical anthropology. He takes the position of the absolute dualism, proclaiming the existence of the human soul as an independent being (a simple, immaterial and atemporal substance), of the Augustinian-Cartesian type (stating the possibility of capturing the “I” in the stream of one’s own consciousness, although behind the veil of semantic generality). In the text, I present Judycki’s arguments to support this position: (a) explaining such features of internal experience as the unity of the stream of consciousness is possible only in dualism, (b) the modal argument, (c) arguments against naturalism (according to Judycki, the only alternative to anthropological materialism is dualism). I also defend the view that the best arguments for dualism are arguments from group (c).

  • Issue Year: 72/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 187-208
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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