NDEs A near death experience is a collection of cognitive and emotional responses to an encounter with death, whether that encounter is related to a sudden accident or to an illness. The phenomenon has been recorded throughout history, and in various cultures around the world. "Although the term near-death experience…was not coined until 1975, accounts of similar events can be found in the folklore and writings of European, Middle Eastern, African,

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Consequently, physicalism or materialism is seen by some as a form of reductionism of the potential of human mind and consciousness. It is therefore a point-of-view that should be questioned in terms of the modern exploration of the complexity of human consciousness. References A Case for Physicalism about the Human Mind (the Great Debate). Retrieved from http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/andrew_melnyk/physicalism.html Jackson. F. (1986): 'What Mary Didn't Know'. Journal of Philosophy, 83. Knowledge Argument Against Physicalism [Internet Encyclopedia

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