05798nam 22008895 450 991025534520332120250529232039.09781137440945113744094510.1057/9781137440945(CKB)3710000000500392(EBL)4082246(SSID)ssj0001588240(PQKBManifestationID)16273314(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001588240(PQKBWorkID)14871169(PQKB)11663918(DE-He213)978-1-137-44094-5(MiAaPQ)EBC4082246(PPN)191704504(Perlego)3489082(EXLCZ)99371000000050039220160126d2016 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival /by Michael Sudduth1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (357 p.)Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion,2634-6184Description based upon print version of record.9781349552559 1349552550 9781137440938 1137440937 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Classical Empirical Survival Debate ; 1.1 Psychical phenomena as ostensible evidence for survival ; 1.2 The classical empirical arguments for survival ; 1.3 Deficiencies in the existing literature1.3.1 Deficiencies in evidence assessment 1.3.2 Three important conceptual issues ; 1.3.3 Deficiencies in the formulation of the survival hypothesis ; 1.4 The plan and argument of this book ; 1.4.1 The problem of auxiliary assumptions ; 1.4.2 Overview of chapters2 Exploring the Hypothesis of Personal Survival 2.1 Personal survival: core conceptual issues ; 2.1.1 Personal identity: soul survival vs. embodied survival ; 2.1.2 Psychological survival ; 2.1.3 Religious and philosophical considerations ; 2.2 A strong personal survival hypothesis2.2.1 The strong psychological survival hypothesis 2.2.2 The interactionist survival hypothesis ; 2.3 Conceptions of attenuated personal survival ; 2.3.1 The relevance of attenuated personal survival ; 2.3.2 Exploring forms of attenuated personal survival ; 2.4 Concluding remarks3 Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences 3.1 The empirical approach to survival ; 3.1.1 Philosophical and religious grounds for belief in survival ; 3.1.2 Characterizing the empirical approach to survival ; 3.1.3 Empirical data that might confirm survival ; 3.2 Out-of-body experiences3.2.1 The relevance of OBEs to survivalSudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful.Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion,2634-6184ReligionPhilosophySciencePhilosophyAnalysis (Philosophy)Philosophy of mindMetaphysicsReligion and sociologyPhilosophy of ReligionPhilosophy of ScienceAnalytic PhilosophyPhilosophy of MindMetaphysicsSociology of ReligionReligionPhilosophy.SciencePhilosophy.Analysis (Philosophy)Philosophy of mind.Metaphysics.Religion and sociology.Philosophy of Religion.Philosophy of Science.Analytic Philosophy.Philosophy of Mind.Metaphysics.Sociology of Religion.133.901/3Sudduth Michael1965-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1820278BOOK9910255345203321A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival4382127UNINA