Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
0:00 Introduction
0:49 What is the doctrine of the resurrection of the body?
12:28 Prof. Dean Zimmerman's Falling Elevator model of the resurrection of the body
18:31 Are persons that die today experiencing resurrection right now?
20:16 Variant 1 of the Falling Elevator model: we get an imperfect body subject to decay or a "clunker" body
22:12 Variant 2 of the Falling Elevator model: Fission of the body could happen through a temporal gap
27:33 Major objection against the Falling Elevator model: the fission identity objection
36:04 What are emergent individuals?
49:48 Is the "emergent individuals" view synonymous with property dualism?
54:35 How does the emergent individuals view avoid the fission identity objection?
01:02:46 Possible objection to the emergent individual view: Is it intrinsic or extrinsic? Can it be observed objectively?
01:06:46 Short summary of the "Emergent Individuals" view of the resurrection of the dead
Dr. Timothy O'Connor is a professor of philosophy at Indiana University. In this interview he summarizes the falling elevator model of the resurrection, presents a problem for the model, then explains how the view that individuals are emergent helps solve the problem.
To explore Dr. O'Connor's view in more depth, check out the paper linked below.
newdualism.org/papers/T.OConnor/OConnor-Emergent_Individuals.pdf
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0:00 Introduction
0:49 What is the doctrine of the resurrection of the body?
12:28 Prof. Dean Zimmerman's Falling Elevator model of the resurrection of the body
18:31 Are persons that die today experiencing resurrection right now?
20:16 Variant 1 of the Falling Elevator model: we get an imperfect body subject to decay or a "clunker" body
22:12 Variant 2 of the Falling Elevator model: Fission of the body could happen through a temporal gap
27:33 Major objection against the Falling Elevator model: the fission identity objection
36:04 What are emergent individuals?
49:48 Is the "emergent individuals" view synonymous with property dualism?
54:35 How does the emergent individuals view avoid the fission identity objection?
01:02:46 Possible objection to the emergent individual view: Is it intrinsic or extrinsic? Can it be observed objectively?
01:06:46 Short summary of the "Emergent Individuals" view of the resurrection of the dead
Dr. Timothy O'Connor is a professor of philosophy at Indiana University. In this interview he summarizes the falling elevator model of the resurrection, presents a problem for the model, then explains how the view that individuals are emergent helps solve the problem.
To explore Dr. O'Connor's view in more depth, check out the paper linked below.
newdualism.org/papers/T.OConnor/OConnor-Emergent_Individuals.pdf
Please consider becoming a patron. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
For merch and more, go to theanalyticchristian.com
