possibility argument

People can imagine that their minds/souls can exist after bodies die {argument from possibility} {possibility argument}. If mind and body are the same, they cannot be separate. Ghosts, souls, and minds, by themselves, do not contradict physical laws (Descartes). Philosophical zombies can be physically the same as people but with no consciousness (Kripke).

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