How does Kant argue for the immortality of the soul?

Kant does not argue for the immortality of the soul. Kant does, however, argue for the following two positions: It is impossible to know whether soul is immortal or not. It is necessary to believe that the soul is immortal, even if we can never know whether it really is immortal. read more

Kant does not argue for the immortality of the soul. Kant does, however, argue for the following two positions: It is impossible to know whether soul is immortal or not. read more

Kant thusly reasons that the possibility of the Summum Bonnum requires God and the immortality of the soul because this is where Kant grounds his a-priori, synthetic, noumenal world – i.e. the domain where those a-priori principals exist (in/as the mind of God, for Kant). read more

Immortality. Immortality is the indefinite continuation of a person’s existence, even after death. In common parlance, immortality is virtually indistinguishable from afterlife, but philosophically speaking, they are not identical. Afterlife is the continuation of existence after death, regardless of whether or not that continuation is indefinite. read more