A Naturalistic Afterlife

This book provides a fresh look at one of the most enduring, absorbing, and universal questions human beings face: What happens to us after we die? In secular thought, the standard answer is simple: we disappear into oblivion. David Harmon takes us in a different direction, by making the case that a nonconscious portion of our personality survives deathliterally, not figurativelyand explains how this kind of naturalistic afterlife can be emotionally relevant to us while we are still living. Combining insights from the arts, history, philosophy, and science, a compelling argument takes shape for an afterlife without God.

Gives a completely fresh look at an age-old question: what happens after we die? Shows that even in a universe without God, death doesn't consign us to oblivion Suggests that knowing that there is naturalistic afterlife gives us a powerful reason to do our best to make things better while we still are alive Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

David Harmon is an independent researcher who writes about protected places, biocultural diversity, and secular values. He is the author of In Light of Our Differences: How Diversity in Nature and Culture Makes Us Human, among other books.

Inhalt

1. God's Last Bastion?.- 2: Morning Songs .- 3: An Ocean of Night .- 4: Victims of Heaven .- 5: The Varieties of Posthumous Experience.- 6: Grounded.- 7: Annie and Noel's Mark on the Universe.- 8: Real Intelligent Design .- 9: Evening Songs.