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Can personal existence continue after death?

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  • How does Dennett argue that a personal post-mortem survival may be possible?
    By uploading one’s mind information to a computer
  • What does the socket represent in Swinburne's lightbulb analogy?
    The brain
  • What are disembodied souls?
    When we die our souls will exist without our physical body
  • What is the end goal of reincarnation in Hinduism?
    Union with Brahman, known as moksha
  • Is Plato a materialist or a dualist?
    Dualist
  • What is cryogenics?
    Preserving the body and/or mind using extremely low temperatures
  • What does Price say that the environment you experience as a disembodied soul is based upon?
    Your deepest desires and strongest memories
  • Who came up with the bundle theory?
    Derek Parfit
  • What is the name of the soul in Hinduism?
    The Atman
  • Parfait believes we are just a bundle of ______
    Nerves
  • Which theodicy aligns with dual aspect monism?
    Process theodicy
  • What can near death experiences be used as evidence for?
    Soul continuing after death
  • What are the two types of immortality in dual aspect monism?
    Objective and subjective immortality
  • What is objective immortality?
    Human experiences live on forever in the mind of God
  • What does the lightbulb represent in Swinburne's lightbulb analogy?
    The soul
  • What is multiple realisability?
    The idea that the mind/mental states are able to run on a number of different platforms e.g. a computer.
  • Finish the quote, ‘You know how to ball…’
    I know Aristotle (Taylor Swift)
  • Which 4 books of the Bible include an account of Christ’s physical resurrection?
    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
  • Who came up with the replica theory
    Hick
  • Name all 5 members of One Direction
    Harry, Niall, Louis, Zayn, Liam
  • What is physicalism?
    The belief that everything in existence, including thought and consciousness can be reduced to physical matter
  • What are Plato's two arguments for the natural immortality of the soul?
    Argument from opposites, argument from recollection
  • Does Russell believe there can be personal existence after death? Why?
    No, he believes that the self is bound up with brain activity, once the brain has died the individual has died
  • Who came up with disembodied souls?
    H.H. Price
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