Religion and Science
4. Religion and the Life Hereafter
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In his book
A Philosophical Scrutiny of Religion,
C.J.
Ducasse observes:
These facts strongly suggest that the universe,
and the human personality, each have a
dimension additional to the material one so
capably and successfully explored by the
natural sciences (p. 422).
Many other scholars who have objectively
examined the evidence furnished by psychical
research have felt compelled to accept the life
hereafter as a matter of fact. C. J. Ducasse, Professor
of Philosophy at the Brown University, has made a
philosophical and psychological scrutiny of this
concept. He does not believe it in the sense in which
it is presented by religion, yet he holds that apart
from the dogmas of religion, such evidence do exist
as compel us to accept the survival of life after
death. After making a general survey of various
investigations in the field of research, he observes:
Some of the keenest-minded and best-
informed persons, who studied the evidence
over many years in a highly critical spirit,
eventually came to the conclusion that, in
