Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Post-Mortem Survival

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Michael Sudduth (D.Phil., University of Oxford) is a philosopher of religion at San Francisco State University, with previous appointments at Saint Michael's College and Calvin College. His previous book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology explored the propriety and role of arguments for God's existence in the Protestant theological tradition. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction: The Classical Empirical Survival Debate 2 Exploring the Hypothesis of Personal Survival 3 Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences 4 Mediumistic Communications 5 Cases of the Reincarnation Type 6 Classical Explanatory Arguments for Survival7 Bayesian Explanatory Arguments8 Bayesian Defenses of the Survival Hypothesis9 The Problem of Auxiliary Assumptions10 Exotic Counter-Explanations11 Conclusion: The Classical Arguments Defeated

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• Authors: Michael Sudduth
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137440938
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44093-8
• No. of pages: 351
• Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosop; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion; Palgrave Frontiers in Philosop
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