Atheism 13. There is no Soul |
The notion that the body requires a "soul" that somehow lives
on after death is inconsistent with the scientific evidence.The harbouring
of this belief harks back to the Cartesian dualism of mind and body.The problem
with this is that the brain is the seat of the mind - and the brain
is only constructed of material parts -there is no place for a soul
to exist - anything that is presumed to be non-material in the mind
is the product of emergent processes.Occam's razor dictates that we
should prefer the scientific view - since this does not needlessly
complicate the situation.Everything about the body and mind can be explained
without referring to any such concept as a
soul. |