How the living become dead, the dead must therefore become living - everything that comes to be comes to be from its opposite , nothing can cease to exist
Who came up with disembodied souls?
H.H Price
In Swinburne's analogy, what do the bulb and socket represent?
The bulb is our soul, and the socket is our brain
According to Dennett, what aspects of us survives?
Our experiences, memories and personality
Define reincarnation
The transfer of a soul or spirit from one body at death to a new one at birth
What does the mainframe theory suggest?
Our brain can function after death, as it can function on several platforms
Define physicalism
The idea that everything including thoughts and consciousness can be reduced to physical matter
What is multiple realisability?
The brain can do multiple things at once, like a computer, and can be uploaded to another body
Give a weakness of physicalism?
It is a reductionist theory - ignores complex human emotions
Explain disembodied souls
Our souls leave our physical body to go to a new environment, where we have no physical body and can communicate telepathically with other disembodied souls
Is Plato a dualist or a materialist?
Dualist
What is an example of a near death experience?
Seeing a light, meeting a being of light, meeting relatives who have passed
What does Swinburne's analogy show about our soul?
It can exist without our brain, as it can be plugged into a new brain or the brain can be repaired - our soul doesn't die with our body
Does physicalism support physical identity after death?
No
Does Hick support personal identity after death?
Yes
What are the 2 types of immortality according to dual aspect monism?
Objective Immortality and Subjective Immortality
What is the replica theory, and who came up with it?
Hick, a "perfect replica" is resurrected and you become it, leaving your dead body behind
What beliefs do Buddhism and Hinduism share relating to existence after death?
The idea of Karma and Samsara, we have no 'atman' (soul)
What is a criticism of Christianity's view on resurrection?
The physical body decays so it cant be resurrected, only the soul can
How does our soul continue to exist after death according to Parfitt?
We live on through our friends and family's remembrance of us
What is cryogenics?
Preserving human consciousness at low temperatures to avoid decay, waiting for science to develop enough to resurrect them
Explain objective immortality
We exist immortally in God's memory
Who came up with the Bundle theory?
Parfitt
What is the origin of the word "cryogenic"?
Greek word kryos (frost) and genic (to produce)
Give Plato's 2 Arguments
Argument from Opposites, and Argument from Recollection
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