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Persons, souls, and death
a philosophical investigation of an afterlife
by David H. Lund
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"This book argues that a person is essentially an immaterial subject of conscious states who, though intimately linked by causal ties to the body, is nevertheless distinct from it. The book also examines paranormal occurrences supporting the belief that some persons have survived--though only temporarily--bodily death. Reports of near-death experiences, apparitions, and reincarnation experiences are discussed"--Provided by publisher.
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Persons, Souls and Death: A Philosophical Investigation of an Afterlife
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Table of Contents
The perennial question
A philosophical approach
The influence and scope of science
The coherence of the idea of post-mortem existence
The relevance of the case for theism
The nature of persons and the laws of nature
The case against post-mortem existence
Antecedent probability of extinction
Empirically-grounded support of extinction
Theory-based arguments for extinction
Minds, souls, and persons
Materialist-reductionist accounts of the mental
Materialist theories of personal identity
The immateriality of the mental
Psychological theories of the person
The person as subject of conscious states
Mental-physical relations
The causality problem
Mind-brain interaction
Causation conceived as reducible
Causation conceived as irreducible
Deep causation
The directionality of causation
Intentional causation
Dualistic causation and the causal closure hypothesis
Mental-mental causation
Paranormal causation
The causal independence of the conscious self
General considerations supportive of post-mortem existence
Theism and revelation accounts
The deep unity of the self
Non-intentional consciousness and the self
Our investigation so far
Near-death experiences
Death bed visions
Non-terminal near death experiences
Naturalistic explanation of NDES
Paranormal theories : ESP and super-ESP
Apparitions
Reciprocal apparitions
The naturalistic interpretation
Paranormal interpretations of apparitions of the dead
Collective and iterative apparitional experiences
The super-PSI hypothesis
The telepathic theory
The objectivist theory
The survivalist explanation
Reincarnation
Reincarnation vs. possession interpretations
Cases of responsive xenoglossy
Spontaneous recall of ostensible former lives
The Shanti Devi case
The case of Jasbir Jat
The case of Swarnlata Mishra
Naturalistic explanations
The fraud hypothesis
Cryptomnesia
Paramnesia
Inherited memory
Paranormal explanations
The PSI hypothesis
ESP plus impersonation
Reincarnation and survival
Reincarnation and the subject of conscious states
Mental mediumship
The mediumship of Mrs. Piper
Mrs. Willett's mediumship
Proxy sittings
"Drop-in" communicators
The cross-correspondences
Assessment of the case for post-mortem existence
Overview of our investigation into the essence of persons
Dispositions and the self
Sensory experience in an afterworld
Discarnate communication
The significance of the ostensible evidence of survival
Super-PSI or survival
The balance of probabilities.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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