From: Integral World Sent: dinsdag 22 juli 2014 15:44 To: Frank Visser Subject: Descartes and NDEs INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 514 Amsterdam, July 22nd, 2014 DOES DESCARTES' METAPHYSICS ALLOW FOR OUT OF BODY & NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES? - JOSEPH WAYNE KOMROSKY Descartes offers an argument for a real distinction between the mind and body. He also demonstrates strong reasons for the substantial union of mind and body. This is known as substance dualism. I will briefly present and grant that he has demonstrated these two sufficiently and will then subject the Cartesian understanding of the soul and body to philosophical pressure of the very special kind. Veridical perception is a truthful or genuine observation of reality that can possibly occur outside the physical body. I will specifically focus on two types of these veridical perceptions; namely visual and auditory. I will then offer two types of arguments where veridical perception can be empirically verified and corroborated; these will be in the form of an out of body experience (OBE) and a near-death- experience (NDE). These two cases entail that some form of consciousness leaves the physical body; in the former the body is alive, in that of the later, the body and brain are both clinically dead. Finally, I will give an explanation of how Descartes' metaphysics allows for the possibility of both phenomena. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/komrosky1.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html