A philosophical critique of empirical arguments for post-mortem survival. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Sudduth, San Francisco State University, USA.
• Other Names: Sudduth, Michael, 1965-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 133.901/3; Near-death experiences; Immortality; Immortalism; Future life; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General; Future life; Immortalism; Immortality; Near-death experiences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137440945; 1137440945
• Related ISBNs: 9781349552559; 9781137440938; 1137440937
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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