Science, Philosophy, and the Afterlife with Chris Carter
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Skepticism and the Defense of Materialism
This chapter explores the skepticism towards extrasensory perception and the afterlife, analyzing how critics often reject evidence due to a materialistic perspective. It delves into the motivations behind this skepticism, suggesting that personal beliefs, particularly atheism, play a significant role in dismissing psychic phenomena.
Science, Philosophy, and the Afterlife with Chris Carter
Chris Carter is a physics teacher who was educated at Oxford, England. He is author of four books that make him one of the most significant authors today exploring the question of life after death: Science and the Near-Death Experience, Science and Psychic Phenomena, Science and the Afterlife Experience, and most recently The Case for the Afterlife: Evidence of Life After Death.
Here he share some of the strongest case supporting postmortem survival of consciousness and also presents the counter-arguments to several philosophical objections.
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(Recorded on August 15, 2025)
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