The Atheist Afterlife: p17-36

June 10, 2010

Today's post covers pages 17-36 of The Atheist Afterlife, by David Staume.

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Phenomena / Consciousness Chart

December 5, 2009

I made a chart to help visualize and clarify key concepts in our current discussion on consciousness. By no means is this chart intended to be exhaustive, but I think we’ve covered the basic categories of so-called AMP (anomalous mental phenomena), alternatively delta phenomena or psi. A red X indicates an alleged point of incoherence or contradiction between the respective phenomena (represented by rows) and model of consciousness (represented by columns). A green checkmark indicates an alleged point of coherence or support for the respective model of consciousness.
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The Argument From Probability

October 18, 2009

P1  Cessation of consciousness upon death entails zero ontological possibilities;

P2  Continuation of consciousness after death entails several ontological possibilities;

C    Continuation of consciousness after death has a higher chance of ontological actuality than cessation of consciousness upon death.






Response To DD’s Interpreting Scripture

May 7, 2009

I decided to create this impromptu post in the event anyone from the original thread wishes to continue rational discourse (Keyword: rational).

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