Death and Immortality Since the time of Plato and before, humans have considered the existence of a soul and life after death. I will present my argument for the existence of a soul and the possibility of surviving physical death. For the sake of my argument, I will define that the meaning of spirit and soul is one and the same meaning. The two main accepted views of the human condition are that of the physicalist and that of the dualist. The physicalist views the human condition in a purely physical state. That is, the human mind and consciousness are confined to the human body, and so when the body dies, so does the mind. The dualist view considers that the human condition is composed of two parts. The first part being the physical body and the second the non-physical soul or spirit. I present my argument in this form; (1) Physical objects such as the human body must obey physical laws; (2) Non-physical objects such as the human mind/soul are not obligated to obey physical laws; (3) Humans exhibit both physical and non-physical properties; (4) Therefore, the spirit/soul does not die with the physical body. To begin my argument, I will define my concept of the human soul and the physical body which is similar to that of Descartes. Descartes made the distinction that the mind and the body are two distinct things. The mind is a non-extended thinking thing and the body being a non-thinking extended thing. In which he concludes that the mind can exist without the body (Skirry). The words, spirit and soul in this case are interchangeable and demonstrate two distinct parts that make up an individual person. Now let's explain the interactions of mind and body. Since the mind and body constitute a person as a whole, it is...... middle of paper ....... It is fair to say that the mind does not have to obey the physical laws that influence the death of our body, and the spirit can potentially live in its non-physical form separated from space and time. However, I cannot discuss what form our mind or soul will take, nor the nature of that existence. It would be very difficult to define such an existence by pure a priori reasoning alone, but we cannot deny the validity of the duality of our existence nor deny that we indeed have a soul.Bibliography: Calef, Scott. “Dualism and spirit”. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2005): n. page. Internet. April 27, 2014. Robinson, Howard. 'Dualism'. Plato.stanford.edu. Np, 2003. Web. April 26, 2014. Skirry, Justin. “Descartes, René: Body-mind distinction”. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006): n. page. Internet. April 26. 2014.