David H. Lund
David H. Lund | |
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| Born | David Herbert Lund October 23, 1939 Roseau, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 2026 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
David Herbert Lund (October 23, 1939 – August 9, 2026) was an American philosopher and writer. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at Bemidji State University and specialized in philosophy of mind.
Life and career
[edit]Lund was born in Roseau, Minnesota, on October 23, 1939.[1][2] He obtained a master's degree in psychology from University of North Dakota before he pursued his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Minnesota.[2] His doctoral dissertation was "Private Language, the Egocentric Outlook, and the Nature of Mind".[3] He joined the philosophy department at Bemidji State University in 1972, where he taught Philosophy until his retirement in 2010.[1]
He criticized physicalist views of persons from self-awareness, perceptual experience and the intentionality of thought.[4] Lund defended mind-body dualism. In his book Persons, Souls and Death, he argued that a person is an immaterial subject of conscious states, linked causally to the body but distinct from it.[1] He argued for postmortem survival of the self.[5]
Lund contributed to Contemporary Dualism: A Defense, published in 2014.[6]
Lund died from cancer on August 9, 2026, at the age of 86.[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- Death and Consciousness: The Case for Life After Death (1985)[7][8]
- Perception, Mind and Personal Identity: A Critique of Materialism (University Press Of America, 1994)[4][9]
- Making Sense of It All: An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry (Pearson, 2002)
- The Conscious Self: The Immaterial Center of Subjective States (Humanities Press, 2005)[10]
- Persons, Souls and Death: A Philosophical Investigation of an Afterlife (McFarland, 2009)[11]
- Death and Consciousness (McFarland, 2016)[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Philosophy professor to deliver March 3 Honors Council lecture". Bemidji State University. 2010. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024.
- 1 2 3 "David H. Lund Obituary (2026) - Warroad, MN - Helgeson Funeral Home - Roseau". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2026-08-21.
- ↑ "Doctoral Dissertations, 1973". The Review of Metaphysics. 27 (1): 187–210. 1973.
- 1 2 Rundle, Bede (1998). "Perception, Mind and Personal Identity: A Critique of Materialism". International Studies in Philosophy. 30 (4): 130–131. doi:10.5840/intstudphil199830430.
- ↑ Twemlow, Stuart W. (1986). "Death and Consciousness by David H. Lund (Book Review)". Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. 50 (5): 497.
- ↑ "Contemporary Dualism: A Defense". Routledge. 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Books Briefly Noted". Zetetic Scholar. 13 (1): 195. 1987.
- ↑ Brier, Bob (1986). "Death and Consciousness by David H. Lund (Book Review)". The Journal of Parapsychology. 50 (2): 162.
- ↑ Madell, Geoffrey (1996). "Book Reviews". Mind. 105 (420): 708. doi:10.1093/mind/105.420.708.
- ↑ "Book Advocates Philosophical Concept of Distinct Self". Horizons. 21 (2): 2. 2006.
- ↑ "Persons, Souls and Death". McFarland. 2024. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Death and Consciousness". McFarland. 2024. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024.
