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The concepts are related through philosophical debates regarding the ontological status of human beings, where a person is either defined as a distinct substance from the [1] body, a composite of a [2] body and soul, or a reductionist entity whose existence is tied to a [3] body, while others argue the concept of a person is logically prior to that of a [4] body.
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Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimP.F. Strawson defines the concept of a person as 'primitive' by asserting it is logically prior to the concepts of 'subject' and 'body,' meaning persons are not compounds of subjects and bodies.
quoteDerek Parfit identifies two prominent reductionist claims: first, that 'a person’s existence consists in the existence of a brain and body, and the occurrence of a series of interrelated physical and mental event'; and second, that '[t]hough persons exist, we could give a complete description of reality without claiming that persons exist.'
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimE. J. Lowe is a substance dualist who holds that a normal human being involves two substances: a body and a person.
Dualism, Physicalism, and Philosophy of Mind - Capturing Christianity capturingchristianity.com 1 fact
perspectiveThe author of the Capturing Christianity article prefers the view that a person is a soul that maintains a special causal relationship with their body, rather than viewing a person as a composite of body and soul.