Author Archives: michaelsudduth

AS IT IS    Master Dogen speaks, a bird escapes the cave, where thought and non-thought are born. It lands on Bo tree branch, where it watches the Buddha and the Devil become one. Sitting. Thoughts take birth. Watching.  Thoughts … Continue reading →

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The Survival Hypothesis: Essays on Mediumship, ed. Adam J. Rock (McFarland Publishers, 2013) is now available from Amazon.  Some of the book content is available at Google Books. “Contemporary parapsychology tends to be preoccupied with ESP (telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition) and … Continue reading →

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In my previous blog (2/11/14), I argued that (i) empirical survival arguments depend on the survival hypothesis having predictive consequences and (ii) the survival hypothesis has no predictive consequences unless it’s supplemented with various auxiliary hypotheses.  A substantial part of … Continue reading →

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In my prior blog (1/28/14), I surveyed one of Elliott Sober’s objections to organismic design arguments—arguments that purport to show that physical features of organisms, features like complex adaptation, provide evidence for the existence of an intelligent designer.  Sober argues … Continue reading →

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Philosopher Elliott Sober is well known for his trenchant critique of design arguments, that is, arguments that aim to infer the existence of God or, more modestly, an intelligent designer from features of the universe allegedly indicative of design.  Sober … Continue reading →

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Greetings Friends: Jime Sayaka recently interviewed me on the topic of postmortem survival for his blog Subversive Thinking. During the past few years, Sayaka has interviewed a number of authors and researchers on the alleged empirical evidence for life after death. … Continue reading →

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Hello Friends: I haven’t posted a blog since last spring.  Some of you may have forgotten that you were actually subscribed.  It’s been a very busy past six months, personally and professionally, but I‘m hoping to begin regular blogging as … Continue reading →

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Greetings Friends: I have been busy working on my book Survival and the Empirical World.  As indicated in my prior blog, I had to cut back on my planned blogging on the topic of my book in order to prepare … Continue reading →

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In my previous blog (“’Wrong Turns’ in Arguments for Postmortem Survival”) I discussed in a general way my skepticism regarding arguments for postmortem survival construed as inferences to best explanation (IBE).  The initial wave of skepticism concerns problems that infect … Continue reading →

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I’d like to welcome all the subscribers to my blog. Judging from emails I have received, many of you are excited about my blog and the current and forthcoming resources on my new website.  I’m looking forward to posting blogs … Continue reading →

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