Questions about the Soul
8th July 2013
What is the Soul? Dr David Webster and Dr Roy Jackson explore a range of questions..
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You said an ant wouldn’t be able to live in a human’s body because of it’s mental capacity but you also said souls are not conscious of their past lives, therefore the ant would surely be able to survive as a human because it doesn’t remember it’s previous life and has not known any different. Please Expand.
OK…
I think there are two ideas here:mind-transference (where we would not be ‘us’ in a mouse body, et – different brain, etc) and then rebirth and the soul..
Many traditions don’t have the mind (my awareness, memories, etc) move on – what is reborn is something seperate from these passing, temporary aspects of us – look at the atman in Hinduism. In Buddhism, there isn’t a ‘thing’ that gets reborn – just a process of continuity..
Good video, very interesting, but could you explain how the brain mind and soul are linked ? Thanks
Well -there’s a question..
That this is a link seems clear – but just what is it? Some argue the brain and mind are the same – see http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-identity/ – but many are unsure. The mind-body issue sits at the heart of Philosophy of Mind..
The soul? As we may have said in the video – many would link it with the mind: but just how would depend on what they actually mean by this word ‘soul’…