A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival [electronic resource] /
Sudduth, Michael.author.
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.
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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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