The Substance of Consciousness – A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism

Brandon Rickabaugh is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Research Scholar of Philosophy of Technology and Culture at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is a fellow of the Cultura Initiative at The Martin Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
J.P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He has authored or contributed to 95 books, including Does God Exist?, Universals, Consciousness and the Existence of God, and The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. Moreland was selected by The Best Schools as one of the 50 most influential living philosophers in the world.

Acknowledgments Dedication Extended Table of Contents List of Figures Part I: Ontologically Serious Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary and Tenacious Insights Substance Dualism in the 21st Century How Staunch Naturalism Shapes the Dialectic in Philosophy of Mind A Brief Ontological Detour: Subjects, Parts, Wholes, and Unity Part II: Arguments from Introspection, Self-Awareness, and Intentionality The Nature of Introspection and Arguments for Substance Dualism From Self-Awareness and Intentionality to the Immaterial Self Part III: On the Fundamental Unity of Conscious Beings From Phenomenal Unity to the Synchronic Unity of the Immaterial Self Mereological Essentialism and the Diachronic Endurance of the Soul Part IV: Updated and Novel Arguments from Modality and Libertarian Freedom Updating Modal Arguments for Substance Dualism Staunch Libertarian Agency and a Simple, Enduring Soul Part V: New and Neglected Responses to Common Defeaters Against Substance Dualism Important and Recited Defeaters Against Substance Dualism Part V: Charting a Future for Substance Dualism New Research Programs for 21st Century Substance Dualism APPENDIX: Neuroscience, Mental Action, and the Conservation Laws, by Mihretu P. Guta Bibliography