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==View of neuroscience== | ==View of neuroscience== | ||
[[File:Cosmic MeteorologyChart1.jpg| | [[File:Cosmic MeteorologyChart1.jpg|350px|thumb|Diagram depicting the relationship between energies of Heaven (at top) and Earth (at bottom) from ''[[Meteorologica Cosmica]]'']] | ||
Many neuroscientists and neurophilosophers, such as Daniel Dennett, believe that consciousness is dependent upon the functioning of the brain and death is a cessation of consciousness, which would rule out heaven. Scientific research has discovered that some areas of the brain, like the reticular activating system or the thalamus, appear to be necessary for consciousness, because dysfunction of or damage to these structures causes a loss of consciousness. | Many neuroscientists and neurophilosophers, such as Daniel Dennett, believe that consciousness is dependent upon the functioning of the brain and death is a cessation of consciousness, which would rule out heaven. Scientific research has discovered that some areas of the brain, like the reticular activating system or the thalamus, appear to be necessary for consciousness, because dysfunction of or damage to these structures causes a loss of consciousness. | ||
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==Representation in fiction== | ==Representation in fiction== | ||
Works of literary fiction have included numerous conceptions of Heaven. | Works of literary fiction have included numerous conceptions of Heaven. | ||
Perhaps the two most famous descriptions of Heaven are given in [[Dante Alighieri]]'s ''Paradiso'' (of the ''Divine Comedy'') and John Milton's ''Paradise Lost''. | |||
[[Category:Religious Concepts]] | [[Category:Religious Concepts]] | ||