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The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.
Apr 20, 2014 · According to a Gallup poll, about 8 million Americans claim to have had a near-death experience (NDE), and many of them regard this experience as proof of an afterlife—a parallel, spiritual...
Nov 22, 2023 · HowStuffWorks. Science Vs. Myth. Afterlife. Has science explained life after death? By: Josh Clark | Updated: Nov 22, 2023. Courtesy StockXchng It is estimated that as many as 18 percent of people who have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest have reported a near-death experience.
Consciousness after death is a common theme in society and culture, and the belief in some form of life after death is a feature of many religions. However, scientific research has established that the physiological functioning of the brain, the cessation of which defines brain death, is closely connected to mental states.
Key People: Cassiodorus. Related Topics: resurrection. damnation. eternal life. sleep of the soul. soul ship. afterlife, continued existence in some form after physiological death. The belief that some aspect of an individual survives after death—usually, the individual’s soul —is common to the great majority of the world’s religions.
Oct 9, 2013 · Samuel Scheffler, a philosophy professor at New York University, presents a secular interpretation of life after death. In his book Death and the Afterlife, Scheffler argues that our...
Dec 26, 2005 · In ancient Western philosophy, Plato affirmed both a pre-natal life of the soul and the soul’s continued life after the death of the body. In Plato’s Phaedo , Socrates presents reasons why a philosopher should even welcome death (albeit not permitting or encouraging suicide), because of its emancipation of the souls of those who are good in ...
