RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
August 31, 2016 at 7:49 pm
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2016 at 7:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Panatheist Wrote: I cannot of course prove to others what kind of purely subjective experiences I have. There are nevertheless reports of similar experiences that can be produced in various ways including electrical stimulation of parts of the brain. My point here is that said experiences are different than merely being fanciful - they involve altered states.-Some- of them do..but is there any reason for anyone to conclude that yours is one of them? Is there any reason for -you- to conclude that yours was one of them? What equipment were you using to determine that you were in an altered state? We also misremember and retcon with more than a trivial amount of regularity. You've read about altered states, and then assume you were in one, that your x was one of those x's........or is there more to the story? This is all ancillary to your experiences, or whatever they mean to you...nothing to do with it, only giving you some insight as to why people can and rightly do dismiss these anecdotes.
Quote:I understand there is no necessary connection between skepticism of the paranormal and atheism and did not claim that. Blackmore did become an atheist, yes, and she also generally became a skeptic of the paranormal. In her case those two perspectives are related, but not in everyone.
Rgr, rgr, I thought that there was some significance there, in that you found it interesting. What did you find interesting about it, specifically, btw?
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