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A ghost is seen as a bodyless soul or spirit of a dead person or animal.
As unlikely as it may seem, ghosts and hauntings are a mainstream area of belief. Studies in the UK and the USA show that between 30% and 50% of the population believe in ghosts. Belief in ghosts appears to be global. Since ghosts are contrary to nature's laws as we understand them, it calls for an explanation.
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One philosophical idea is that humans are naive dualists - naturally believing that our physical being is separate from consciousness. This view allows people to entertain the idea of a mind that can survive separate from the body.
The experience of hallucinations is very common.
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