By Michael Sudduth
Sudduth presents a severe exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to teach that info accumulated from ostensibly paranormal phenomena represent reliable proof for the survival of the self after dying. using the conceptual instruments of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful.
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