Swinburne, Richard Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 1996 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2007
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-823544-6
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198235446.003.0006
 

Richard Swinburne
Each human being consists of two parts: an immaterial soul (the essential part) and a body. Souls have mental properties (sensations, thoughts, purposes, etc.) while bodies have physical properties (mass, volume, etc.). It is most improbable that there is a scientific explanation (e.g., a Darwinian explanation) of the evolution of souls. But since it is probable that God brings about humans, it is probable that he brings about their essential parts — souls.
Keywords: Darwinism, mental properties, souls
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198235446.003.0006
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