Infinite Flesh

Introduction

Resurrection in This Universe

1. Introduction

2. Resurrection as Revival

2.1 The Revival Theory

2.2 The Argument from Cryptobiosis

2.3 The Argument from Cyclical Renewal

2.4 Evaluation of the Revival Theory

3. Resurrection as Reassembly

3.1 The Reassembly Theory

3.2 Arguments for the Reassembly Theory

3.3 Evaluation of the Reassembly Theory

4. Resurrection as Replication

4.1 Replication in this Universe

4.2 Persons and Bodies

4.3 The Loss of Identity

4.4 Why You Are Not Who You Will Be

4.5 Counterpart Theory

4.6 Replication Counterparts

4.7 Objections to Counterpart Theory

4.8 Evaluation of the Replication Theory

5. Conclusion

Resurrection in Other Universes

1. Introduction

2. Resurrection as Replication

2.1 Hick's Replication Theory

2.2 The Resurrection Universe

3. Resurrection as Serial Replication

3.1 The Sequence of Universes

3.2 From Time to Super-Time

3.3 Serial Replication Counterparts

3.4 The Rules for Serial Replication

4. Resurrection as Serial Recreation

4.1 Why Replication is Unnatural

4.2 You Must Be Born Again

4.3 Your Better Future Lives

4.4 Recreation Counterparts

4.5 The Rules for Serial Recreation

5. Resurrection as Branching Recreation

5.1 The Tree of Life

5.2 Your Many Possible Careers

5.3 Your Ascent to Personal Perfection

5.4 The Rules for Branching Recreation

6. Resurrection as Revision

6.1 Finitude and Death

6.2 From the Finite to the Infinite

6.3 The Rules for Revision

7. All Creatures Great and Small

8. Conclusion

The Way of all Flesh

1. Introduction

2. Pareschatology

3. Earthly Bodies

3.1 Earthly Genotypes

3.2 Earthly Phenotypes

3.3 From the Earthly to the Optimized

4. Optimized Bodies

4.1 Optimized Genotypes

4.2 Optimized Phenotypes

4.3 From the Optimized to the Idealized

5. Idealized Bodies

5.1 Idealized Genotypes

5.2 Idealized Phenotypes

5.3 From the Idealized to the Extended

6. Extended Bodies

6.1 Extended Genotypes

6.2 Extended Phenotypes

6.3 From the Extended to the Countably Infinite

7. Countably Infinite Bodies

7.1 Countably Infinite Genotypes

7.2 Countably Infinite Phenotypes

7.3 From the Countable to the Uncountable

8. Conclusion

Supermachines and Superminds

1. Introduction

2. Finite Physical Complexity

2.1 Finite State Machines

2.2 Finite Networks of Finite State Machines

3. Finitely Complex Organisms

4. Finitely Complex Minds

4.1 Finite Degrees of Intelligence

4.2 Value Theories in terms of Games

5. The Hierarchy of Finite Minds

5.1 Finite Minds from Bacteria to Humans

5.2 Superhuman Minds and their Bodies

6. From the Finite to the Transfinite

6.1 The Progression of Zeno Fractions

6.2 Zeno Compression and Acceleration

7. Transfinite Physical Complexity

7.1 Infinite State Machines

7.2 An Infinite Driving Game

7.3 Infinite Networks of Infinite State Machines

8. Transfinitely Complex Organisms

8.1 A First Example of a Super-Organism

8.2 A Second Example of a Super-Organism

8.3 A Super-Organism Makes an Infinitary Drawing

9. Transfinitely Complex Minds

9.1 Cognitive Supertasks

9.2 Transfinite Intentionality

10. Some Cognitive Powers of Superminds

10.1 Super-Perception

10.2 Super-Thought

10.3 Super-Will

10.4 Infinitary Athletic Contests

11. The Hierarchy of Transfinite Minds

11.1 Super-Physical Universes

11.2 Some Superminds in Super-Physical Universes

11.3 There are No Absolute Minds

12. Conclusion

The Arguments

1. Introduction

2. The Cosmological Argument

3. The Argument from the Will

3.1 The Natures of Things

3.2 Every Nature has some Will to Perfection

3.3 The Effectiveness of the Will

4. From the Will to the Resurrection

4.1 The Soul is the Form of the Body

4.2 The Will of the Soul is the Perfection of the Body

5. The Fine Tuning Argument

5.1 On Fine Tuning

5.2 Some Inadequate Hypotheses

5.3 The Fecund Universe Hypothesis

5.4 The Algorithmic Hypothesis

5.5 The Precise Statement of the Algorithmic Hypothesis

5.6 The Superiority of the Algorithmic Hypothesis

6. From the Algorithm to the Resurrection

6.1 From Complexity to Utility

6.2 The Improvements of Organisms

6.3 The Algorithm in Action

7. The Actual and the Possible

7.1 Possible Universes

7.2 Actualization and the Passage of Time

7.3 Actualization and Rational Moral Agents

8. Conclusion

The World

1. Introduction

2. The Iterative Conception of Possibility

2.1 The World is Maximally Inclusive

2.2 The Nature of the World

2.3 The Maximally Inclusive Axiom System

3. From Sets to Structures

3.1 From Sets to Numbers

3.2 From Numbers to Programs

3.3 From Programs to Machines

3.4 Networks of Machines

3.5 Mechanical Universes

3.6 All Possible Mathematical Universes

4. The Iterative Conception of Actuality

4.1 From Being to Value

4.2 The Definition of the Improvement Relation

4.3 The Graph of the Improvement Relation

4.4 The Rules for Actualization

4.5 From the Mathematical to the Physical

5. Conclusion

God

1. Introduction

2. The Nature of God

2.1 God is Maximally Perfect

2.2 God is an Abstract Object

2.3 God is Self-Representative

2.4 God is Maximally Inclusive

2.5 God is Maximally Powerful

2.6 God is Maximally Benevolent

2.7 God is Transcendent

3. The Nature of the World

3.1 The Perfections of the World

3.2 The Degrees of Worldly Power

3.3 The Degrees of Worldly Benevolence

4. The Divinity of the World

Conclusion

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