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Most Christians regard the soul as the immortal essence of a human - the seat or locus of human [[will]], [[understanding]], and [[personality]].

Most Christians regard the soul as the immortal essence of a human - the seat or locus of human [[will]], [[understanding]], and [[personality]].

Scientists generally ignore or dismiss the soul as unworthy of study. To be precise, the [[methodological naturalism]] of modern science tiptoes around the concept of the soul. Anything which is not material is deliberately excluded from consideration, and as the soul is not a material thing scientists accordingly refuse to study it. This has implications for the study of human [[Psychology]].  

Scientists generally ignore or dismiss the soul as unworthy of study, since the soul has been defined in such a way as to be incapable of being studied. To be precise, the [[methodological naturalism]] of modern science tiptoes around the concept of the soul. Anything which is not material is deliberately excluded from consideration, and as the soul is not a material thing scientists accordingly cannot study it. This has implications for the study of human [[Psychology]].

 

Most religions assume that the soul will survive the death of the body, and continue in some conscious fashion afterwards, whether it be in an [[afterlife]] or by [[reincanration]].  [[Atheist]]s generally do not believe in the soul, and assume their consciousness will disappear upon death.

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