Naturalistic Theories of Life after Death

Bibliographic Data

ID7956917
AuthorsEd Steinhart (0000-0002-2055-1374, William Paterson University, corresponding author), Eric Steinhart
Year2015
Volume10
Issue2
Pages145-158
Publication date2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12193
OpenAlexW2136619276
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited39

After rejecting substance dualism, some naturalists embrace patternism. It states that persons are bodies and that bodies are material machines running abstract person programs. Following Aristotle, these person programs are souls. Patternists adopt four‐dimensionalist theories of persistence: Bodies are 3D stages of 4D lives. Patternism permits at least six types of life after death. It permits quantum immortality, teleportation, salvation through advanced technology, promotion out of a simulated reality, computational monadology, and the revision theory of resurrection

Biology · Dualism · Epistemology · Immortality · Naturalism · Theology · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

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