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Materialism and Dualism
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Title There is one thing on which all philosophers agree, and that is that our earthly life in our current physical form will end. One definition of death is 'the complete and permanent cessation of all vital function in a living creature, the end of life'. All philosophers will agree with the first part of this definition, but there is a disagreement over exactly what the latter part, 'the end of life', means. Many people accept death as the end of any form of existence. Others would argue that death is not the end of life, and that we continue in some form after death. There are many different ideas of the form that life after death may take. There are three main ideas in which philosophers believe a person may take after death; the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body and reincarnation. There are two main theories of human...
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