WORLDVIEW ISSUES: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND, METAPHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY & THANATOLOGY (PHILOSOPHY OF DEATH) . . Assume thаt philоsоphy cаn shоw us thаt materialism/physicalism is false and that substance dualism is true. If this is the case, it seems that life after physical, bodily death is at least metaphysically possible. Whether it actually happens or not is another matter.