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I was curious to see what Dr Mitchell-Yellin had written about the subject and found this paper: http://philpapers.org/archive/MITTNE-2.pdf
Interesting conclusions:
So the conclusion is...
if we arbitrarily / unjustifiably / uncritically assume physicalism as the default philosophical position, then we can go on and show how there is no good reason to increase our confidence in any other alternative. <Double Facepalm> :D
Heads I win, tails you loose.
John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy and principal investigator of The Immortality Project, and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin, the postdoctoral fellow on the project, will discuss their forthcoming book, “No Proof of Heaven: The Significance of Near-Death Experiences.” They will be joined by some of the scholars participating in The Immortality Project.
I was curious to see what Dr Mitchell-Yellin had written about the subject and found this paper: http://philpapers.org/archive/MITTNE-2.pdf
Interesting conclusions:
Our critique of the two versions of the NDE argument against physicalism consists of two main claims. First, we have argued that it has not been established that physicalism is unable to explain NDEs, or even that there is good reason to increase our confidence in the need for non-physical explanations of NDEs.
So the conclusion is...
if we arbitrarily / unjustifiably / uncritically assume physicalism as the default philosophical position, then we can go on and show how there is no good reason to increase our confidence in any other alternative. <Double Facepalm> :D
Heads I win, tails you loose.