[guerrilla]

I'm not sure the last questions could be answered without determining more about this new kind of soul, which by the way reminds me of Locke's substances. A substance for Locke is like an object with no properties whatsoever, it's that which bears all the properties that we observe but which maintains its identity through space and time. I guess we'd need something like that to be 'us' before we're reanimated. The problem though is that none of that is really observable by 'us' being it or anyone living since it really has no characteristics. Doesn't mean it's not real, but not that helpful after all :/

[aschismatic]

Thanks for mentioning Locke's substances. It sounds like quite an intriguing idea. I have not read nearly as much philosophy as I would like, and that gives me a great indication of where to look when I pursue reading more of it.

[guerrilla]

Sure thing, I've just been thinking about object identity recently and they come up quite often. Tthe article in SEP can help you avoid the arcane English of his writings btw.

1. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/substance/