[Buddha-l] Re: Magic

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 20 June 2007 10:18, curt wrote:

> Technically, rebirth does not require an "immortal" soul - merely one
> that "survives" more than one physical birth.

The only other requisite for rebirth is some version of mind-body dualism. 
That is, there must be the possibility of consciousness continuing 
independent of a functioning complex central nervous system. If one can 
imagine disembodied consciousness, then it is not difficult to imagine 
rebirth. To whatever extent it seems to one that consciousness requires the 
support of several billion living neurons, to that extent rebirth is 
difficult to imagine.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico