There is no soul
‘There is no soul…’
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The issues focused on whether a soul exists or not; I personally think that we do have a soul therefore, I disagree with this statement ‘there is no soul’. The main reason to that is because I believe that our soul is our identity and without our soul we are left with nothing but our body which then leaves us the same as every other human on this earth however, the only thing that can actually differ us from other human beings in order to make such a creative world is by us having an individual soul.
The statement ‘there is no soul’ can be supported by hard materialists. The philosophers; Hick and Aristotle who are monists believe that the body and soul are one. This means that the body and soul are inseparable. Along the side; Monists also believe in the idea that there is no after life whereas, Richard Dawkins who is known as a hard materialist would argue that although there is no soul, there may be a place for talking about it in a symbolic or in a metamorphic way.
Dawkins rejects the concept of soul one where the soul is a separate thing which is spiritual and it also contains personality. Whereas, the reason to why Dawkins rejects this is because he believes that the idea of a ‘soul’ is just a mythological concept which only attempts to explain the mysteries of consciousness. Therefore, the idea of the soul supplies a suitable explanation of the mysteries of consciousness and, also human personality. In contract, Dawkins may not accept the concept of soul one but he agrees to the second type of soul which is named soul two and this where the idea of soul refers to being intellectual. He argues that this is a significant way of describing human beings, as for him it does not refer to a separate thing. For instance, when Dawkin debated with Stephen he mentioned that, ‘in the sense of soul one, science has either killed the soul or… Soul two, far from being destroyed, will still be finding new worlds to conquer’. This
35 Marks
The issues focused on whether a soul exists or not; I personally think that we do have a soul therefore, I disagree with this statement ‘there is no soul’. The main reason to that is because I believe that our soul is our identity and without our soul we are left with nothing but our body which then leaves us the same as every other human on this earth however, the only thing that can actually differ us from other human beings in order to make such a creative world is by us having an individual soul.
The statement ‘there is no soul’ can be supported by hard materialists. The philosophers; Hick and Aristotle who are monists believe that the body and soul are one. This means that the body and soul are inseparable. Along the side; Monists also believe in the idea that there is no after life whereas, Richard Dawkins who is known as a hard materialist would argue that although there is no soul, there may be a place for talking about it in a symbolic or in a metamorphic way.
Dawkins rejects the concept of soul one where the soul is a separate thing which is spiritual and it also contains personality. Whereas, the reason to why Dawkins rejects this is because he believes that the idea of a ‘soul’ is just a mythological concept which only attempts to explain the mysteries of consciousness. Therefore, the idea of the soul supplies a suitable explanation of the mysteries of consciousness and, also human personality. In contract, Dawkins may not accept the concept of soul one but he agrees to the second type of soul which is named soul two and this where the idea of soul refers to being intellectual. He argues that this is a significant way of describing human beings, as for him it does not refer to a separate thing. For instance, when Dawkin debated with Stephen he mentioned that, ‘in the sense of soul one, science has either killed the soul or… Soul two, far from being destroyed, will still be finding new worlds to conquer’. This