In his article “The Experience Machine”‚ Nozick (p.42) offers a thought experiment which with floating in a tank‚ people can get any experience which they desire in an experience machine. Nozick uses the experiment that “the highest aggregate level of individual well being”(Hussain‚ 2018) should be achieved by accomplish certain things instead of simply plugging into the experience machine. The reason is that people lose their ability to do something‚ having their own personalities and living in
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that would be right for my task ahead. Each of us has a specific role to play in the game called life. A game in which you level up each experience you get. Each experience whether good or bad can help you define yourself as a person. I am no different; I also play the game and have gained experiences that helped me become a better person. One significant experience would be the time I received my lowest score in a test and the lowest mark I
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Derek Zdanowski Significant Experience "Fight on‚ push till you have nothing left‚ never give up even when you are an inch away from defeat." These are the words of my hockey coach before our championship game‚ which would make or break our season. This was the first year our team has ever made it to the final game‚ and we were prepared to give it our all out on the ice. For this would be our teams last game together before we all went our separate ways in high school. We gathered in the locker
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It was a very strange experience that I had in a bar I was sitting watching a game of my soccer team‚ and suddenly something unexpected happened‚ something I thought would never happen‚ look at the door of the Bar‚ and my ex-girlfriend school was entering and I was very surprised to see it again‚ it was a very strange feeling that happened to me. She looked at me and approached me to greet me and ask me how I was living in my life. After a good time talking to her‚ she told me to leave very uncomfortable
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main characteristics of conversion and mystical experiences Sean Reece Grange Two well-known categories of religious experience are Conversion and Mystical experiences. Throughout history there have been many reports of people having these religious experiences‚ and not all of the recipients are necessarily Christian in belief. Famous examples of conversion experiences include St Paul on the road to Damascus‚ and an example of a mystical experience could be the story of Theresa of Avila. Firstly
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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature. Within this collection‚ one encounters a profound discussion of many multi-faceted aspects of religion. With this discussion‚ James is able to ultimately conclude that a collective religious truth does not and cannot exist‚ but that the truth of religion may be found in the individual beliefs of each man or woman. Throughout the text‚ James proposes that religion is by nature an individual experience‚ stemming from one’s personal
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Near Death Experience or Hallucination? There is a phenomenon that occurs in a large portion of our population‚ and it has mysterious origins and is often seen as a spiritual journey. It is called a near-death experience‚ or NDE. The people who have the experience know what they felt and saw‚ but there is no proof of the incident‚ and many skeptics have found explanations for the event and have argued with the prospect of a spiritual journey. Everyone in America has most likely heard of the
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book is free online‚ so feel free to distribute it! Send it to all your friends! Post it on your websites and blogs! www.obe4u.com PART I: LEAVE YOUR BODY WITHIN 3 DAYS .......................................... 5 PART II: 100 OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES...........................................25 PART III: A PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK.................................................. 174 PART IV: CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION 2.0................................................476 FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS....
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A near death experience‚ or NDE‚ can mean many different things not only mentally‚ but physically as well. An experience can occur when the heart stops and somehow comes back to life whether it be naturally or by doctors‚ or it can happen while a person is in a type of danger that is going to result in death no matter what. In addition‚ a person can also have a near death experience without the threat of impending physical death (Atman). Many factors come into having an experience as serious as this
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Arguments from religious experience are never convincing. When people say that they have experienced God or the divine in some way; they are not saying that it ‘seemed like’ God but was something else. The issue for many philosophers is: are religious experiences veridical? By this is meant can we actually demonstrate that the religious experiences of people are what they seem to be‚ i.e. experiences of God‚ rather than delusions‚ products of the mind or of some other source such as LSD? Can
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