Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful.

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San Francisco State University, USA

Michael Sudduth

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Dr. Michael Sudduth (D.Phil., University of Oxford) is a philosopher of religion at San Francisco State University, with previous appointments at Saint Michael's College and Calvin College. His previous book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology explored the propriety and role of arguments for God's existence in the Protestant theological tradition.

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Book Title: A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival
Authors: Michael Sudduth
Series Title: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137440945
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44093-8Published: 29 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-55255-9Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44094-5Published: 26 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-6176
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 336
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Social Aspects of Religion

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