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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.
Fully interdisciplinary, The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death brings together a variety of fields of research to make that case, including cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, personal identity, philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, psychical research, and anomalistic psychology. As the definitive casebook of arguments against life after death, this collection is required reading for any instructor, researcher, and student of philosophy, religious studies, or theology. It is sure to raise provocative issues new to readers, regardless of background, from those who believe fervently in the reality of an afterlife to those who do not or are undecided on the matter.
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.
Fully interdisciplinary, The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life after Death brings together a variety of fields of research to make that case, including cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, personal identity, philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, psychical research, and anomalistic psychology. As the definitive casebook of arguments against life after death, this collection is required reading for any instructor, researcher, and student of philosophy, religious studies, or theology. It is sure to raise provocative issues new to readers, regardless of background, from those who believe fervently in the reality of an afterlife to those who do not or are undecided on the matter.
Preface
1. Introduction
Keith Augustine
PART 1 EMPIRICAL ARGUMENTS FOR ANNIHILATION
Introduction to Part 1
2. Dead as a Doornail: Souls, Brains, and Survival
Matt McCormick
3. Explaining Personality: Soul Theory versus Behavior Genetics
Jean Mercer
4. Dissolution into Death: The Mind's Last Symptoms Indicate Annihilation
David Weisman
5. The Argument from Brain Damage Vindicated
Rocco J. Gennaro and Yonatan I. Fishman
6. No Mental Life after Brain Death: The Argument from the Neural Localization of Mental Functions
Gualtiero Piccinini and Sonya Bahar
7. The Neural Substrate of Emotions and Emotional Processing
Carlos J. Álvarez
8. Brain, Language, and Survival after Death
Terence Hines
9. The Brain that Doesn't Know Itself: Persons Oblivious to their Neurological Deficits
Jamie Horder
10. The Dualist's Dilemma: The High Cost of Reconciling Neuroscience with a Soul
Keith Augustine and Yonatan I. Fishman
PART 2 CONCEPTUAL & EMPIRICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR SURVIVAL
Introduction to Part 2
11. Why Survival is Metaphysically Impossible
Raymond D. Bradley
12. Conceptual Problems Confronting a Totally Disembodied Afterlife
Theodore M. Drange
13. What Could Pair a Nonphysical Soul to a Physical Body?
Jaegwon Kim
14. Nonphysical Souls Would Violate Physical Laws
David L. Wilson
15. There is No Trace of Any Soul Linked to the Body
David Papineau
16. Since Physical Formulas are Not Violated, No Soul Controls the Body
Leonard Angel
17. The Implausibility of Astral Bodies and Astral Worlds
Susan Blackmore
18. The Pluralizability Objection to a New-Body Afterlife
Theodore M. Drange
19. Life After Death and the Devastation of the Grave
Eric T. Olson
PART 3 PROBLEMATIC MODELS OF THE AFTERLIFE
Introduction to Part 3
20. Problems with Heaven
Michael Martin
21. Can God Condemn One to an Afterlife in Hell?
Raymond D. Bradley
22. Objections to Karma and Rebirth: An Introduction
Ingrid Hansen Smythe
PART 4 DUBIOUS EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL
Introduction to Part 4
23. Giving Up the Ghost to Psychology
Rense Lange and James Houran
24. Out-of-Body Experiences are not Evidence for Survival
Susan Blackmore
25. Near-Death Experiences are Hallucinations
Keith Augustine
26. A Critique of Ian Stevenson's Rebirth Research
Champe Ransom
27. Is There Adequate Empirical Evidence for Reincarnation? An Analysis of Ian Stevenson's Work
Leonard Angel
28. Conjecturing Up Spirits in the Improvisations of Mediums
Claus Flodin Larsen
29. Madness in the Method: Fatal Flaws in Recent Mediumship Experiments
Christian Battista, Nicolas Gauvrit, and Etienne LeBel
30. Is There Life After Death? A Review of the Supporting Evidence
David Lester
Index
About the Contributors
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Religion & Theologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 708 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780810886773 |
| ISBN-10: | 0810886774 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: |
Martin, Michael
Augustine, Keith |
| Hersteller: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Maße: | 235 x 157 x 46 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Michael Martin (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.03.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 1,285 kg |
Preface
1. Introduction
Keith Augustine
PART 1 EMPIRICAL ARGUMENTS FOR ANNIHILATION
Introduction to Part 1
2. Dead as a Doornail: Souls, Brains, and Survival
Matt McCormick
3. Explaining Personality: Soul Theory versus Behavior Genetics
Jean Mercer
4. Dissolution into Death: The Mind's Last Symptoms Indicate Annihilation
David Weisman
5. The Argument from Brain Damage Vindicated
Rocco J. Gennaro and Yonatan I. Fishman
6. No Mental Life after Brain Death: The Argument from the Neural Localization of Mental Functions
Gualtiero Piccinini and Sonya Bahar
7. The Neural Substrate of Emotions and Emotional Processing
Carlos J. Álvarez
8. Brain, Language, and Survival after Death
Terence Hines
9. The Brain that Doesn't Know Itself: Persons Oblivious to their Neurological Deficits
Jamie Horder
10. The Dualist's Dilemma: The High Cost of Reconciling Neuroscience with a Soul
Keith Augustine and Yonatan I. Fishman
PART 2 CONCEPTUAL & EMPIRICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR SURVIVAL
Introduction to Part 2
11. Why Survival is Metaphysically Impossible
Raymond D. Bradley
12. Conceptual Problems Confronting a Totally Disembodied Afterlife
Theodore M. Drange
13. What Could Pair a Nonphysical Soul to a Physical Body?
Jaegwon Kim
14. Nonphysical Souls Would Violate Physical Laws
David L. Wilson
15. There is No Trace of Any Soul Linked to the Body
David Papineau
16. Since Physical Formulas are Not Violated, No Soul Controls the Body
Leonard Angel
17. The Implausibility of Astral Bodies and Astral Worlds
Susan Blackmore
18. The Pluralizability Objection to a New-Body Afterlife
Theodore M. Drange
19. Life After Death and the Devastation of the Grave
Eric T. Olson
PART 3 PROBLEMATIC MODELS OF THE AFTERLIFE
Introduction to Part 3
20. Problems with Heaven
Michael Martin
21. Can God Condemn One to an Afterlife in Hell?
Raymond D. Bradley
22. Objections to Karma and Rebirth: An Introduction
Ingrid Hansen Smythe
PART 4 DUBIOUS EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL
Introduction to Part 4
23. Giving Up the Ghost to Psychology
Rense Lange and James Houran
24. Out-of-Body Experiences are not Evidence for Survival
Susan Blackmore
25. Near-Death Experiences are Hallucinations
Keith Augustine
26. A Critique of Ian Stevenson's Rebirth Research
Champe Ransom
27. Is There Adequate Empirical Evidence for Reincarnation? An Analysis of Ian Stevenson's Work
Leonard Angel
28. Conjecturing Up Spirits in the Improvisations of Mediums
Claus Flodin Larsen
29. Madness in the Method: Fatal Flaws in Recent Mediumship Experiments
Christian Battista, Nicolas Gauvrit, and Etienne LeBel
30. Is There Life After Death? A Review of the Supporting Evidence
David Lester
Index
About the Contributors
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Religion & Theologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 708 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780810886773 |
| ISBN-10: | 0810886774 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: |
Martin, Michael
Augustine, Keith |
| Hersteller: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Maße: | 235 x 157 x 46 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Michael Martin (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.03.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 1,285 kg |
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