Ep. #227 – The Nature and Origin of Persons w/ Dr. Rasmussen
Summary
What is a person? How did persons originate? Can persons be constructed from purely material stuff? Josh Rasmussen discusses these topics in this episode about his new book Who Are You, Really? A Philosopher’s Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons.
Guest Bio
Joshua Rasmussen, Ph.D., is an associate professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University. His area of expertise is analytic metaphysics, with a focus on the foundations of existence and the philosophy of mind. He is the author of several books including Defending the Correspondence Theory of Truth, Necessary Existence (with Pruss; Oxford University Press, 2015), How Reason Can Lead to God, and most recently Who Are You, Really? A Philosopher’s Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons.
Resources
Who Are You, Really? A Philosopher’s Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons by Josh Rasmussen
How Reason Can Lead to God: A Philosopher’s Bridge to Faith by Dr. Josh Rasmussen
Joshualrasmussen.com (Josh Rasmussen’s personal website)
How to Build a Thought (paper) by Joshua Rasmussen and Andrew Bailey – This presents a formal version of the “counting argument” discussed in episode 194
Is God the Best Explanation of Things?: A Dialogue by Josh Rasmussen and Felipe Leon
A Randomness-Based Theodicy for Evolutionary Evils by Jordan Wessling and Josh Rasmussen
Related Episodes
Ep. #194 – Consciousness, Thoughts, and Minds w/ Dr. Rasmussen
Ep. #143 – Immateriality of the Intellect w/ Tomaszewski (and some Modal Collapse)
Ep. #53 – Exploring the Ultimate Foundation w/ Dr. Rasmussen (part 3)
