The problems of life after death

Philosophy Compass 14 (10):e12595 (2019)
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In this paper, I state the what I call the “problem of life after death,” survey some responses to it, and highlight a way in which the field might progress. Put simply, the problem of life after death is the problem of reconciling the fact that when we die, we will be totally destroyed with the belief that we will exist again at some time after our deaths. Contemporary solutions to the problem have focussed on the “logical” version of this problem. I highlight that the problem would be better thought of as an evidential problem.

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