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Are Near-Death Experiences Veridical? A Philosophical Inquiry, Monika J. Mandoki
Are Near-Death Experiences Veridical? A Philosophical Inquiry, Monika J. Mandoki
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This project is a philosophical investigation into near-death experiences (NDEs). It attempts to answer the central question: Are near-death experiences veridical? The aim of my work is to defend the veridicality of near-death experiences within the framework of idealism. However, this aim is not achieved simply by adopting an idealist standpoint. Instead, I present arguments for the reason this idealist standpoint is necessary. First, I argue that the traditional way of assessing near-death experiences is often oversimplified and carries an unnecessary bias in favour of a materialist interpretation, which eventually sets it up for a failure to demonstrate that an …
The Debate About Time: Examining The Evidence From Our Ordinary Experience Of Time, Melissa Macaulay
The Debate About Time: Examining The Evidence From Our Ordinary Experience Of Time, Melissa Macaulay
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In this thesis, I examine the metaphysical debate between the A-theory and the B-theory of time, first by elaborating upon its proper characterization, and then by examining the sorts of evidence that are often thought to be germane to it. This debate, as I see it, is about whether or not time passes in any objective (observer-independent) sense: the A-theory holds that it does, while the B-theory holds that it does not. I identify two opposing conceptions of time—that of the “time of ordinary experience” on one hand, and that of “scientific time” on the other—and argue that the tension …