Dualistic Ontology of the Human Person

The authors (all but one) of this volume met in Warsaw on February 20 - 21, 2012 at the Ontological Workshop: E. J. Lowe's Dualistic Ontology of the Human Person. The major goal was to discuss some of the issues of the ontology of the human person, with the special focus on the solutions proposed by E. J. Lowe. The organizers of the Workshop wanted to recognize the contribution of Prof. E. J. Lowe to formal ontology in general, and to the ontology of the human person in particular. The first part – Dualistic ontology of the human person: a general approach – comprises four papers which introduce the reader to the complex ontological issues involved in human personhood; this part does not focus on particular theories or opinions. The second part – Lowe’s ontology of the human person vis-à-vis other approaches – includes four papers. In one of them, "Body, Soul, and Self'', E. J. Lowe presents his own approach, whereas in the other three articles the authors refer to Lowe's ontology and suggest their own solutions, or compare Lowe's approach with other ones. In the four articles of the third part – Lowe-unoriented ontologies of the human person – different issues related to soul-body dualism are discussed, relativized to particular theories or opinions, but without any reference to Lowe’s approach.