ABSTRACT.
Most philosophers in history going back to the time of Descartes and Plato affirmed that the soul exists and that it is immortal, continuing on in some form after the body days. All the major religions of the world have always taught that the individual personality, mind and memory survive in some form after death, either to be born again in some other body or to move on to some future reward and punishment. Gilbert Ryle denounced this ‘ghost in the machine’ idea, stating that he mind and the body are all part of one system and that they ...
