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121 votes, 340 comments. For the longest time I've had a strong conviction we cease to exist upon death. No after life. No reincarnation. This view…
You cease to exist because your consciousness is ceased. In technicalities, nothing around you is ever proven to exist. All of it is in the minds eye; emotions, objects, interpretations. So when you die, and you cease to exist, the world around you is gone because you stop living it. The world could be imaginary, all in your mind, your identity ...
- I’ve considered the same question. I don’t think the initial question is posed as though the life around the individual is imaginary or that the in...
- You are drilling yourself into a hole without any basis to get back out of it - look at the things you are asking yourself step by step. First of...
- Interesting. From the perspective of the posed question: Given that behind us there is infinite past, and ahead of us an infinite future, our insta...
- One can think of the universe as a busy highway and individual life as a car. When you're born, you're like a car entering the highway. That car be...
- We usually think that the universe is physical, and does not depend on our own mind for its existence, so it seems very unlikely. Any supposed par...
15. Sept. 2022 · Everything that makes us who we are is in the brain; even if the soul exists, once it separates from your brain, it would no longer be you. If a soul won’t save us, are we doomed at death? Not necessarily. I think it’s possible — even likely — that death will not be the end of experience.
9. Nov. 2023 · In a straightforward interpretation, Epicurus suggests that death is of no concern to us during our lifetime because it is not present. Furthermore, once death finally arrives, we cease to exist, thus rendering it irrelevant to our conscious experience. This understanding of death provides solace, but it also invites us to ...
If we no longer exist when we die, then a valid fear would be the fear of losing ones consciousness permanently. Once one is dead however, then one cannot have negative feelings, but the purpose of having negative feelings when we are alive, is to avoid becoming dead and losing our consciousness.
- Yes, many authors have written about this. Shelly Kagan of Yale comes to mind. His famous class on Death should prove to be informative. He als...
- and is the latter illogical? i think in addition to the direct responses mentioned by David Titarenco there are indirect answers to this in many pl...
- Also there is a similar discussion in the Shia Islam's resources which came in a dialogue between a religious leader, named Ja'far al-Sadiq, and an...
- I don't think the sole purpose of having negative feeling is to stay alive, but it is necessarily considered 'bad' in terms of Epicurus' view on li...
- There are various criticisms related to Epicurus' argument which do exist. However, there are not as of yet valid criticisms of the argument itse...
- Harry S. Silverstein's paper "The Evil of Death" is the most comprehensive piece of literature on this subject. It discusses the Epicurean view and...
- Responding as humans rather than philosophers it is easier to conclude that Epicurus has disregarded the totality of the problem of death. By "fear...
- Epicurus's argument is illogical... though I may not have the precise terms to sort it out. He is mixing an existential statement and an ontologica...
Some of us believe that when we die we cease to exist. Others believe that we continue to exist after death, though not in, or in association with, our bodies. Most people seem to agree, however, that when we die we cease to be here, though normally our dead bodies remain, for a while anyway.
21. Aug. 2019 · Even though it's an inexorable part of life, for many people, death — or at least the thought of ceasing to exist forever — can be a scary thing. The disturbing things that happen to the body...
