Philosophy and the Belief in a Life after Death

by R. Paterson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333616338
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/15/1995
Series:	Library of Philosophy and Religion , #14008
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

R.W.K.PATERSON

Table of Contents

Philosophy, Belief, and Disbelief - Problems of Post-Mortem Identity -The Mental and the Physical - General Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul - The Evidence from Psychical Research - The Concept of an Afterlife - Notes and References - Index