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Philosophy and the Belief in a Life after Death

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. R. K. W. Paterson

    1. University of Hull, UK

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Part of the book series: Library of Philosophy and Religion (LPR)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Philosophy, Belief and Disbelief

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 1-20

  3. Problems of Post-Mortem Identity

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 21-57

  4. The Mental and the Physical

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 59-101

  5. General Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 103-130

  6. The Evidence from Psychical Research

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 131-190

  7. The Concept of an Afterlife

    • R. K. W. Paterson
    Pages 191-211

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 213-223
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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.

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  • University of Hull, UK

    R. K. W. Paterson

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