The myth of an afterlife : the case against life after death /
Martin, Michael
The myth of an afterlife : the case against life after death / edited by Michael Martin and Keith Augustine. - Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, [2015] - 1 online resource (xxxi, 675 pages)
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Article Abstract: "In The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death, Michael Martin and Keith Augustine collect a series of contributions that redress this imbalance in the literature by providing a strong, comprehensive, and up-to-date casebook of the chief arguments against an afterlife. Divided into four separate sections, this collection opens with a broad overview of the issues, as contributors consider the strongest evidence of whether or not we survive death - in particular the biological basis of all mental states and their grounding in brain activity that ceases to function at death. Next, contributors consider a host of conceptual and empirical difficulties that confront the various ways of "surviving" death - from bodiless minds to bodily resurrection to any form of posthumous survival. Then essayists turn to internal inconsistencies between traditional theological conceptions of an afterlife - heaven, hell, karmic rebirth - and widely held ethical principles central to the belief systems supporting those notions. In the final section, authors offer critical evaluations of the main types of evidence for an afterlife."-- Provided by publisher
0810886782 9780810886780
Vie future
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Reincarnation
Future life
Tod
Jenseits
Jenseitsglaube
BL535
The myth of an afterlife : the case against life after death / edited by Michael Martin and Keith Augustine. - Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, [2015] - 1 online resource (xxxi, 675 pages)
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Article Abstract: "In The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death, Michael Martin and Keith Augustine collect a series of contributions that redress this imbalance in the literature by providing a strong, comprehensive, and up-to-date casebook of the chief arguments against an afterlife. Divided into four separate sections, this collection opens with a broad overview of the issues, as contributors consider the strongest evidence of whether or not we survive death - in particular the biological basis of all mental states and their grounding in brain activity that ceases to function at death. Next, contributors consider a host of conceptual and empirical difficulties that confront the various ways of "surviving" death - from bodiless minds to bodily resurrection to any form of posthumous survival. Then essayists turn to internal inconsistencies between traditional theological conceptions of an afterlife - heaven, hell, karmic rebirth - and widely held ethical principles central to the belief systems supporting those notions. In the final section, authors offer critical evaluations of the main types of evidence for an afterlife."-- Provided by publisher
0810886782 9780810886780
Vie future
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Reincarnation
Future life
Tod
Jenseits
Jenseitsglaube
BL535