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A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Post-Mortem Survival

by Michael Sudduth

  • Hardback
  • 336 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

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Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for postmortem survival-arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self or individual consciousness after death. Focusing on arguments based on the data of near-death experiences, mediumship, and cases of the reincarnation type, he aims to revive the tradition of empirical inquiry into life after death associated with philosophers William James, C.D. Broad, H.H. Price, and C.J. Ducasse. Sudduth proposes to advance the debate with a novel approach. For the first time, the traditional arguments are formalized using the tools of formal epistemology. Sudduth shows that this procedure exposes the Achilles Heel of the classical arguments, a self-defeating dependence on auxiliary assumptions. He further argues that when reformulated in the light of the 'problem of auxiliaries,' long-standing skeptical objections to the classical arguments are immune to traditional survivalist counter-arguments.
A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Post-Mortem Survival and The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology
The Reformed Objection to Natural TheologyA Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Post-Mortem Survival

  • Author

    Michael Sudduth

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    October 2015

  • Edition

    2016 ed.

  • Weight

    559g

  • Page Count

    336

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781137440938

  • ISBN-10

    1137440937

  • Eden Code

    4372663

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