Post 1 First, some background information. The first part of the argument for intelligent design will be the one presented by Dr. Byron I. Bitar (phil...
Further Implications of NDEs The obvious implication of my argument is that there’s intelligence (consciousness or mind) behind the universe which nat...
I tried to explain this to you once before, but maybe I wasn't clear. Two senses of reality are usually brought up regarding NDEs. First, NDEs are rea...
The argument was given at least three times throughout the thread. Other posts emphasized different points made in the argument. Yes, I do repeat myse...
I was trying to think how I would argue against my conclusion. I might try to argue that consciousness extends a bit beyond the brain as maybe a quant...
My intuition is that these experiences have a ring of truth to them, i.e., truth in the sense that they are veridical. This is not an argument just an...
There's plenty of evidence. I find that most people don't seem to be able to evaluate evidence properly, or they have an epistemological view that put...
I'm not assuming anything. I'm making an inference based on the testimonial evidence that has been corroborated by doctors, nurses, family members, an...
You can think however you like when it comes to rules, but the rule has force in how it's acted out, and whether one is following a rule correctly isn...
For those of you who believe that once we're dead, that's it, we're gone, you're correct in one sense, i.e., the human self is gone once the body dies...
To say that the brain is still functional because there are, for example, cells that are still alive, or even that the brain is functioning at some le...
I don't see that Dr. Parnia answers the question one way or another (depending on what you're referring to). I interpret the conclusion to be an open ...
The following are some remarks on the logic of my argument, which is inductive as opposed to deductive. Inductive arguments are not proofs, i.e., they...
I agree. However, what I'm saying is that much of my argument depends on what people are experiencing during their NDE/OBE. It's not dependent on some...
So, if true, and I believe my conclusions are correct, what follows? So, not only do we survive death as individuals, but we return to our true nature...
It doesn't matter, the important thing is whether there is evidence of an OBE and whether the testimony confirms people experiencing things from a thi...
If you read the thread these kinds of responses have already been addressed in one form or another. There are peer-reviewed articles that address the ...
I do make the distinction to argue that consciousness extends beyond the body. Whether it's reasonable or not depends on what you think you know. I do...
The point is that relying on testimonial evidence is part of our epistemological system, and if you disagree with the testimony you have to give good ...
Your welcome. You have a tendency to make statements without good arguments, and you accuse me of fallacious thinking without understanding the fallac...
Whether or not one's explanation of consciousness is question-begging depends on the argument. I would agree that we can't get outside of our particul...
An interesting discussion between Bernard Carr & Bernardo Kastrup about consciousness and its relation to time. I find this an interesting topic in re...
Testimonial Evidence and Other Comments Most of what people tell us about their sensory experiences is trustworthy. If this wasn’t the case we would b...
The idea that we need to confirm our subjective experiences in controlled settings or they're not veridical is ridiculous on its face. Or, that we nee...
You continue to demonstrate that you don't understand the nature of my argument so I'm not going to continue. For example, you continue to say that it...
I guess I have to defend my background in philosophy. If you had researched this forum, you would know that I’m not “…a thinker in earlier stages of d...
This is a bit funny and a bit condescending, but I got a laugh out of it so that’s good. The illness I alluded to is something I’ve had all my life, b...
First, just a word about the concept of death, this concept is used in a variety of contexts and it’s not important to my argument because NDEs can an...
First of all, my health and age have affected my responses. So, your conclusion that I'm avoiding you and don't have answers to your posts is incorrec...
My view of epistemology is that there are several ways of acquiring knowledge that aren’t dependent on a scientific approach (experimentation, data co...
First, what you're claiming is not an unerring fact. Just because someone claims something is factual doesn't make it so. And your claim that there is...
I'll ask you one more time, what do you mean by complete brain death? I never use any such terms. When I speak of death, I mean clinical death, i.e., ...
I'm not sure what you mean by fully brain-dead. People have had these experiences when there is no measurable brain activity. They have also been repo...
If you had an NDE it wouldn't be something that easily forgotten. Moreover, you would know based on what others have reported and comparing your exper...
Of course it's not just the numbers, as I've said, it's all the criteria that make a strong inductive argument. So, the numbers are impressive, but nu...
This is an updated version of the argument with some editing and added statements for clarity. This was copied from my posts in Quora. This is the arg...
Even if someone had the perfect proof it wouldn't change a thing. Why? Because many of the reasons or causes for believing or not believing in God hav...
I'm not a fan of spending too much time on secondary sources. I think that for the most part, they lead us astray, not always of course. Most of my ti...
I would say that what we are dealing with aren't propositions in the normal sense or Wittgenstein wouldn't have singled them out as hinge, bedrock, fo...
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