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Brian Hebblethwaite's arguments against multiple incarnations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2015

TIMOTHY PAWL
TIMOTHY PAWL*
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Department of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota, 55105, USA e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this article I present two arguments from Brian Hebblethwaite for the conclusion that multiple incarnations are impossible, as well as the analyses of those arguments provided by three other thinkers: Oliver Crisp, Peter Kevern, and Robin Le Poidevin. I argue that both of Hebblethwaite's arguments are unsound.

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Religious Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 117 - 130
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