Because someone asserts that they know, that in itself is not enough to conclude that one does indeed know. That one knows needs to be demonstrated in...
This criticism misses the point. It's our consistent experiences that make radical skepticism lack any force. The point is that doubting in some circu...
One of the ideas I've been working on, as some of you know, is the idea of presenting the argument in this thread so that it allows me to make the epi...
I've been continuing my studies of NDEs, in particular I've been listening to people from other cultures and their experiences. The following is one o...
As I've said before, testimonial evidence, or if you prefer anecdotal evidence, is generally the weakest form of evidence, but it's not always weak.. ...
That's just stupid Bartricks. I don't think you would know reasonable if it jumped up and bit you. I've seen many different arguments against NDEs, bu...
Yes, I agree. One can have similar experiences through meditation, or by taking DMT. There were also studies done years ago on the brain where someone...
We agreed until we got to the above paragraph. There is no question that both dreams and NDEs are unusual. And, it is true that there are common eleme...
It's not my logic, it's logic, period. Because dreams seem real, that's not the same as people claiming they are real. And what about the corroboratin...
The question Bartricks raises is that the same inductive argument that I'm making about NDEs could be made about dreams. Is this correct? Let's compar...
I believe that I have given an inductive proof that consciousness extends beyond our biological bodies. The evidence that forms the core of this concl...
The discussion of pre-linguistic beliefs (with you and others) goes back to my thread on Wittgenstein in the prior forum. I'm wondering if your positi...
I'm also probably a substance dualist. I believe everything comes from consciousness, i.e., at the bottom of reality, or at the core of reality is con...
Yes, it also shows that he has knowledge of how to use a hammer, his actions demonstrate the skill (there is knowledge as a belief, and knowledge as a...
Because a belief can be put into linguistic form (a proposition or statement) it doesn't then follow that the content of belief is necessarily linguis...
NDEs occur in a variety of situations, but most occur during the process of dying, viz., when the heart stops beating, when there is no measurable bra...
I want to add this video for those of you who are interested in following this thread, and learning more about NDEs. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/wa...
I find it bizarre that anyone would think that mental states play no part in what speech acts express, as if minds don't exist. However, there has to ...
I'm sure that's true. Are you saying that even our own speech acts are mapped to interpretation? So, that as I write these words I'm mapping my though...
Do you see this as different from what I've expressed in other threads about beliefs states, say the act of opening a door, shows your beliefs about d...
I think we're close too. I only want to say that there are certain base or foundational beliefs that arise quite apart from language content. However,...
One's intention is shown in one's acts. This I believe is partly the point of Wittgenstein's remarks about how beliefs are also shown in one's actions...
You don't have to die in the permanent sense to know that there is life after death. There are millions of accounts of people seeing their dead relati...
The Inductive Argument: The following argument is based on the testimonials at the following site: https://iands.org/ndes/nde-stories.html The followi...
I'm re-posting this from page 14 with minor changes. The original post was in response to a question. There are two ways to use the word proof, one is...
I read it, but it doesn't sound like an NDE. I'm not saying the experience wasn't real, only that it doesn't seem to fit into the experiences of NDEer...
Some of what I posted is speculation (and I've stated it as such), i.e., it's based on no testimonial evidence or very little testimonial evidence. Ho...
After a long break from any discussions, I thought I might come back to add more information to this thread. Although at 70 I don't always have the pa...
Is there racism in the U.S., yes, but is there "systematic racism," absolutely not. Did that police officer murder that man? Yes. That said, I don't w...
On Certainty Post 8 "I know that a sick man is lying here? Nonsense! I am sitting at his bedside, I am looking attentively into his face.-So I don't k...
On Certainty Post 7 "Now do I, in the course of my life, make sure I know that here is a hand-my own hands, that is (OC 9)?" The fact that we don't do...
On Certainty Post 6 "The difference between the concept of 'knowing' and the concept of 'being certain' isn't of any great importance at all except wh...
On Certainty Post 5 "My life shews that I know or am certain that there is a chair over there, or a door, and so on.--I tell a friend e.g. "Take that ...
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