From my earliest recollections, I have been interested in what might be termed the ultimate questions of existence: Is there a reason why we're here? Why does this reality we find ourselves in have the characteristics it has? Why do we find ourselves existing on the surface of a giant water covered ball that floats in the midst of an eternal nothingness? Why is reality described by the particular laws we find? Does the Universe on the whole have some ultimate purpose? Why does anything exist rather than nothing at all? Do we have anomalous abilities such as psi? And perhaps, most importantly of all, will our consciousness continue in some form after our body dies, or will we simply cease to exist? When considering psi, and especially the possibility of an afterlife, I have concluded that proponents of these beliefs tend to concentrate solely on the available evidence; the philosophical aspects are left virtually untouched. I divert from this pattern and I place heavy importance on the latter. I, wholeheartedly, believe that philosophical aspects of the subject are critical to understanding and finding answers to those ultimate questions. So long as skeptics are allowed to get away with saying an afterlife and psi are extraordinary claims, that science supports materialism, that a damaged brain leading to a damaged mind provides very powerful evidence that the brain produces the mind, then proponents of an afterlife and psi will be on the defensive. So it is important to critically address and rebut skeptic claims here. I have an Honours Degree in the History of Ideas, achieving first class in the credit areas "the history and philosophy of science", "the mind body problem", "science and religion" and "the 17th Century, a changing world picture”. I have also read extensively on the various evidence for psi and an afterlife, and have done so since around the age of 10. All of my thoughts and ideas are laid bare here for you to absorb, argue, or simply contemplate.