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According to Ayer, the belief in an afterlife is
{ 1 } - refuted by science, which shows that consciousness depends on the brain.
{ 2 } - a belief that's confirmed empirically by cases of paranormal experiences.
{ 3 } - a nonsensical belief -- and thus neither true nor false.
{ 4 } - verifiable in principle (you wait until you die and then see what happens).
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According to Ayer, the belief in an afterlife is
{ 1 } - refuted by science, which shows that consciousness depends on the brain.
{ 2 } - a belief that's confirmed empirically by cases of paranormal experiences.
{ 3 } - a nonsensical belief -- and thus neither true nor false.
{ 4 } - verifiable in principle (you wait until you die and then see what happens).
Ayer didn't argue this way. He thought that science can't decide the issue.
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According to Ayer, the belief in an afterlife is
{ 1 } - refuted by science, which shows that consciousness depends on the brain.
{ 2 } - a belief that's confirmed empirically by cases of paranormal experiences.
{ 3 } - a nonsensical belief -- and thus neither true nor false.
{ 4 } - verifiable in principle (you wait until you die and then see what happens).
Ayer didn't argue this way. He thought that science can't decide the issue.
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According to Ayer, the belief in an afterlife is
{ 1 } - refuted by science, which shows that consciousness depends on the brain.
{ 2 } - a belief that's confirmed empirically by cases of paranormal experiences.
{ 3 } - a nonsensical belief -- and thus neither true nor false.
{ 4 } - verifiable in principle (you wait until you die and then see what happens).
Ayer thought that, since science couldn't decide whether there is an afterlife, the issue isn't an empirical one. Since it isn't analytic either, the whole issue is nonsensical.
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According to Ayer, the belief in an afterlife is
{ 1 } - refuted by science, which shows that consciousness depends on the brain.
{ 2 } - a belief that's confirmed empirically by cases of paranormal experiences.
{ 3 } - a nonsensical belief -- and thus neither true nor false.
{ 4 } - verifiable in principle (you wait until you die and then see what happens).
Some logical positivists argued this way -- and thus saw the afterlife as a legitimate empirical issue. For some reason, Ayer didn't argue this way.
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