NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PREJUDICE

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PREJUDICE

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Science exists to refute dogmas; nevertheless, dogmas may be introduced when undemonstrated scientific axioms lead us to reject facts incompatible with them.Several studies have proposed psychobiological interpretations of near-death experiences (NDEs), claiming that NDEs are a byproduct of brain functions gone awry; however, relevant facts incompatible with the ruling physicalist and reductionist stance have been often neglected.The awkward transcendent look of NDEs has deep epistemological implications, which call for: a) keeping a rigorously neutral position, neither accepting nor refusing anything a priori; Eye mask and b) distinguishing facts from speculations and fallacies.Most available psychobiological interpretations remain so far speculations to be demonstrated, Womens Pullover Hoodies while brain disorders and/or drug administration in critical patients yield a well-known delirium in intensive care and anesthesia, the phenomenology of which is different from NDEs.

Facts can be only true or false, never paranormal.In this sense, they cannot be refused a priori even when they appear implausible with respect to our current knowledge: any other stance implies the risk of turning knowledge into dogma and the adopted paradigm into a sort of theology.