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Allamah Misbah’s Puzzle … M. Legenhausen (47
of a human being, “S”, who subsequent time, “tn+1”, the
comes into the possession of condition of “S” is similar in
spirit. We begin by obersving relevant ways to what it was
a series of stages. In the early at “tn”, then “S” will still fail
stages of the series, the to have an immortal soul.
proposition, “S possesses an Since the change is assumed
incorporeal spirit” or “S has to be gradual, at any
an immortal soul” is false; but successive times tn and
in the final stages of the “tn+1” the condition of “S”
series, it is true. Of course, will be relevantly similar at
this is contrary to the view both times.
that all human beings possess By iteration of the
a soul, to which many people supposition, using a bivalent
are strongly committed. logic it would follow that “S”
It can be said that in the never comes into possession
earlies stages, the body is of an immortal soul. If a
corporeally human, but not change is gradual, successive
yet spiritually human. stages will be similar; and this
Although this will meet with will prevent a change from
strong resistance in many not having a soul to having
quarters, we will assume it is one. An argument with the
true without further argument same structure could also be
in order to examine the logic used to demonstrate the
of gradual change. impossibility of a change of
Suppose we use a bivalent color from dark to light.
logic and observe that if “S” Coming into the possession
does not have an immortal of various kinds of soul
soul at time “tn”, and at a consists in having life with
