RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
At the end of the day I hold to the dichotomist view of soul and spirit. I reject trichotomism if by that we mean that man is composed of three substances: body, soul, and spirit. I am familiar with the arguments pro and con for each position. Even though I am dichotomist, I wonder if soul and spirit can be neatly identified.
I remember reading in Richard Muller that "soul" is a combination (but not composition, since the soul, being simple, cannot be divided) of "mind" and "will."
This leads me to Leibniz's law of the identity of indiscernibles.
(x)(y)[(x=y)--->(P)(Px<-->Py)]
For any x, and for any y, if they are identical to each other, then for any property P, P will be true of x iff P is true of y.
Therefore, does it hold that if soul = mind/will, then when we see "spirit" in the Bible, is it simply (no pun intended) talking about mind/will? Or is it something else?
I remember reading in Richard Muller that "soul" is a combination (but not composition, since the soul, being simple, cannot be divided) of "mind" and "will."
This leads me to Leibniz's law of the identity of indiscernibles.
(x)(y)[(x=y)--->(P)(Px<-->Py)]
For any x, and for any y, if they are identical to each other, then for any property P, P will be true of x iff P is true of y.
Therefore, does it hold that if soul = mind/will, then when we see "spirit" in the Bible, is it simply (no pun intended) talking about mind/will? Or is it something else?