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Simulation constraints, afterlife beliefs, and common-sense dualism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Michael V. Antony
Michael V. Antony*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa, Haifa31905, Israelhttp://philo.haifa.ac.il/faculty_pages/antony.htm
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antony@research.haifa.ac.il
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Abstract:

Simulation constraints cannot help in explaining afterlife beliefs in general because belief in an afterlife is a precondition for running a simulation. Instead, an explanation may be found by examining more deeply our common-sense dualistic conception of the mind or soul.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 462 - 463
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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