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Life, Death and Beyond

I Life as Phenomenon and Reflections on It

My studies in and reflection on life and death are intended to be scientific and philosophical, theoretical and practical. When I say scientific what I mean is meta-scientific. Because, strictly speaking, I am not a trained and professional scientist. My familiarity with the ideas of science is mediated by philosophy, reflection and, of course, experience.

To start with, I propose to refer to some scientific views on the nature, origin and development of life. Naturally this discussion of ours will take us to different views on death. Both life and death, as we know, may be and have been discussed both impersonally, that is, purely on the basis of scientific findings, and in ...

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