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The Myth of an Afterlife - The Case against Life After Death (Hardcover)
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The Myth of an Afterlife - The Case against Life After Death (Hardcover)
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Because every single one of us will die, most of us would like to
know what-if anything-awaits us afterward, not to mention the fate
of lost loved ones. Given the nearly universal vested interest in
deciding this question in favor of an afterlife, it is no surprise
that the vast majority of books on the topic affirm the reality of
life after death without a backward glance. But the evidence of our
senses and the ever-gaining strength of scientific evidence
strongly suggest otherwise. 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.
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