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A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival / / by Michael Sudduth



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Autore: Sudduth Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival / / by Michael Sudduth Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
Disciplina: 133.901/3
Soggetto topico: Religion—Philosophy
Philosophy and science
Analysis (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind
Metaphysics
Religion and sociology
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Science
Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Social Aspects of Religion
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 literature
1.3.1 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 chapters
2 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 hypothesis
2.2.1 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 remarks
3 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 experiences
3.2.1 The relevance of OBEs to survival
Sommario/riassunto: Sudduth 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.
Titolo autorizzato: A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-137-44094-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910255345203321
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Serie: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion, . 2634-6176