From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Wed Oct 27 2004 - 22:38:50 BST
Me again.
I was distinguishing real empirical evidence from reports of
experience presented as empirical evidence. Sorry for the
confusion.
BTW, science requires no apology from me or anyone else. It is an
incredibly powerful and useful system of thought and investigation.
Anyone who denies this is simply not paying attention to the world
around them. My only quibble with science is its lack of interest in
making value judgements. But that's why we have ethical philosophies
like the Metaphysics of Quality.
Best again,
Mark
On 27 Oct 2004 at 13:01, Erin wrote:
Your phrase "REALempirical evidence" of what happens to humans
after death further confirms my gutinstinct this is all an apology
to the materialistic viewpoints of science (i.e., in my mind the
empirical world)
So when you use the word in the philosophical sense is that fake
empirical evidence ;-)
Erin
M: So, say, when someone tells you they've witnessed a resurrection,
this doesn't mean that it's possible to bring dead people back to
life, and a rational empiricist philosophy is by no means committed
to such an idea. The report of a resurrection does not constitute
empirical evidence of a resurrection. Rather, it might be a starting
point for further rational and empirical investigation, which would
include the real empirical evidence of of what happens to human
bodies after death, and the logical argument, supported by empirical
evidence, that its impossible to reactivate a human brain after the
brain has physically disintegrated.
So, say, when someone tells you they've witnessed a resurrection,
this doesn't mean that it's possible to bring dead people back to
life, and a rational empiricist philosophy is by no means committed
to such an idea. The report of a resurrection does not constitute
em! pirical evidence of a resurrection. Rather, it might be a
starting
point for further rational and empirical investigation, which would
include the real empirical evidence of of what happens to human
bodies after death, and the logical argument, supported by empirical
evidence, that its impossible to reactivate a human brain after the
brain has physically disintegrated.
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