Joe Fearn asks whether the idea of out of body experiences is intelligible.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/42/Astral_Projection_and_Out_of_Body_Experiences
Astral Projection and Out of Body Experiences
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Re: Astral Projection and Out of Body Experiences
substance of experience...
Socrates has as much substance as any other character in stories
does the author of the stories, once dead, have as much substance as the characters?
of course this removes personal identity as the identity of the character/author is nothing more than the agreed upon description
will Descartes' cogito be denied as Rene is naught more than a name on a tombstone?
I am who I say I am, until I cannot say; then I become who others say I was
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Socrates has as much substance as any other character in stories
does the author of the stories, once dead, have as much substance as the characters?
of course this removes personal identity as the identity of the character/author is nothing more than the agreed upon description
will Descartes' cogito be denied as Rene is naught more than a name on a tombstone?
I am who I say I am, until I cannot say; then I become who others say I was
-Imp