A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival

Michael Sudduth (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-44093-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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 Survival 7 Bayesian Explanatory Arguments 8 Bayesian Defenses of the Survival Hypothesis 9 The Problem of Auxiliary Assumptions 10 Exotic Counter-Explanations 11 Conclusion: The Classical Arguments Defeated

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.2015
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
Zusatzinfo	XV, 336 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-44093-7 / 1137440937
ISBN-13	978-1-137-44093-8 / 9781137440938
Zustand	Neuware