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What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
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RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
(August 29, 2016 at 10:25 pm)joseph_ Wrote: Materialism is dead nowadays as a serious philosophical theory.

If you say so, but 49.8% of philosophers surveyed by Chalmers and Bourget were naturalists. 56.5% of them were mind/body physicalists. 72.8% were atheists.

Quote: Science has not disproved the existence of other dimensions.

Science has also not disproved that should Skarl cease his drumming, MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI will awaken, and there will be worlds nor gods no more.

Quote: I talk to them every day and they talk back to me, using English words and language. I am sure this is real and most societies have had some sort of concept of this. Why would people be unwilling to acknowledge there could be other life besides human life?

I've had some cool, trippy dreams too. The question is, is it more likely that these figures are subjective phenomena, or objectively existent? Why are you so sure the spirits you talk to are real?
A Gemma is forever.
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RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities? - by Gemini - August 30, 2016 at 2:33 am

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