On the mind/body problem
V. Krishnan, J. Kenneth Arnette
Journal of Near-Death Studies 1994 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1994-13-2-p137-138. (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Arnette's use of verified out-of-body vision cases to support dualism is open to question, proposing instead that out-of-body sight could be an eyeless yet body-based form of perception that operates when the eyes are not functional, and that other phenomena said to hint at postmortem survival are similarly questionable. |
Abstract
J. Kenneth Arnette (1992) seems to believe that verified cases of out-of-body vision are proof of the dualist view that mind is a nonphysical entity that can exist independently of the body.I submit that his view is open to question.Out-of-body sight could be a form of eyeless, yet body-based, perception that goes into operation when, under certain circumstances, the eyes are not functional.I have identified several features of the phenomenon that suggest this (Krishnan, 1985(Krishnan, , 1993)).Not only out-of-body sight but other phenomenon that are said to hint at postmortem survival, including apparitions and reincarna-