Explaining the paranormal: a modern philosopher's perspective

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Many prominent 20th-Century philosophers spent a great deal of time attempting to explain ghosts and hauntings.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/382106/explaining-the-paranormal-a-modern-philosophers-perspective

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[Tom1200]

So...

some undoubtedly clever guys concluded that there must be life after death.  One even got his PhD on the subject - I bet that was a lengthy, well-referenced tome!

And they reached this conclusion through philosophy.  i.e. by thinking very hard about the subject, rather than trying to measure anything verifiable.  We can even read this statement: "Lewy insisted that these questions need answering before looking at the empirical "evidence" for ghosts."  So facts are less important than vague ideas or feelings?

Here's my irrelevant, unsolicited thoughts on the subject: Oxbridge dons in their ivory towers have limited contact with anything resembling reality.  Ancient Greek philosophers also thought they could answer all life's questions just by thinking really hard.  So they concluded that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones, and arrows travel in straight lines until running out of oomph, after which they fall straight down.  And life/health is governed by the Four Humours, and blood from the liver is burned up in muscles, etc.  All perfectly reasonable, until you start to look at the facts...  

But who am I to comment or criticise?  I don't even have a degree in paranormal bull$h!t, never mind a PhD.  Let's wait until PapaG makes an appearance here and draws his conclusions, then the exact opposite is usually pretty accurate. XxX