Eric Steinhart (Professor of Philosophy, William Patterson
University, USA)
Location: Room GA03,
Metallurgy and Materials Building, University of Birmingham
Date:Tuesday 11th
February 2014 (17:00-18:30)
Abstract:
Popular reincarnation theories are inconsistent with our best
science. But reincarnation can be naturalized. Following Aristotle, the soul is
the form of the body; the soul is to the body as software to hardware. Souls
are programs run by lives. Every soul defines a collection of abstract lives.
The laws of karma transform lives into lives. Distinct lives inhabit distinct
universes: you will be reincarnated in many other universes. Thus every earthly
life occupies an infinitely ramified tree of lives. An argument from the
rationality of nature supports this patternist reincarnation theory.
Public lecture - everyone welcome
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