Philosophy and the Belief in a Life after Death
Description
This book critically examines the case for and against the belief in personal survival of bodily death. It discusses key philosophical questions. How could a discarnate individual be identified as a person who was once alive? What is the relationship between minds and their brains? Is a 'next world' conceivable? The book also examines classic arguments for the immortality of the soul, and focuses on types of prima facie evidence of survival: near-death experiences, apparitions, mediumistic communications, and ostensible reincarnation cases.
Keywords
PhilosophyReligiousMetaphysicsReligion
1995Book
Author(s)R. W. K. Paterson
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333616338
LanguageEnglish
