THE REALITY OF SPIRITS

Good day to everyone...right now my professor approve my the title of my thesis: THE REALITY OF SPIRITS. I have already one question which is WHAT IS SPIRITS. But i need more two philosophical question of about spirits. Can you help me and give me a two more question about the REALITY OF SPIRITS. Because i want to proof that the existence of the spirits is real and i want it metaphysically answers and can you help me to give me some sites where i could search too. Thanks a lot, all of you is a great help to me. God bless!!!

I am waiting for your reply...

Please help me in my thesis...i really need your help...pls...thanks a lot!!!

Well, the subject of your thesis is not really part of the problematic of modern philosophy, at least not in the occident. You might want to begin by seeing what parapsychological research you can scratch up, though I warn you, the experimentation in this field has a reputation for fraud and exaggeration, so the formidability it would have in a philosophical argument is rather tenuous. If you would prefer to transport yourself into ancient debates as a philosophical scholar rather than as a contemporary advocate of the existence of spirits, I would recommend Iamblichus' notorious defense of the late antique, mystical-magical practice of theurgy, On the Mysteries, as well as peudo-Psellus' On Daimons, both of which are available online at http://www.esotericar.... At least that should be a good start; I hope it helps.

as a philosopher as a rule of thumb you have to be unbiased in just about everything that the reality of spirits depends of your experience and knowledge of metaphysics if you google it . it may help

Thanks a lot for your reply, but can i ask you, could help me how to formulate a question about the reality of Spirits, bec. i don't have yet a questions for it, even the background of the topic, the scope and limitation...I really don't know...that's why i am asking some of your suggestions and i know this is really big help in my part especially in my study...thanks a lot!!!

in an uncertain world of life no one will really knows how it will pan out . philosophers throughout the ages especially Socrates had a guide and his guide was an oracle . and there are others do not believe in spirits Aristotle was one of them. in a world of a mystic the study of nature comes in to being, Aristotle used a scientific approach to life. what is real to you depends what your beliefs are. you can use a logical approach or rational approach for what is real or you can analyze it ,or you can question yourself about the mystic. if you do not know your subject well do not study it. be naturally sure what you want out of the study after all its your view and how you express it will help your journey. what question you put on these forums is up to you and that we are all in it together,so please make it your own piece of work so us philosophers can study it and who knows you may know something that some philosophers do not know and you may learn from others what they know. after all it will be challenging and its something new to learn so have an open mind and do not be bias towards anything i wish you well and looking forward in what you have to say about the reality of spirits . as a start you might want to question the reality of ghosts. make sure what you write make sense and do your homeework

i had formulated already three questions. First, What is spirits? second, Do Spirits exists? Is there any proof that spirits exist or do not exists?

what do you define a spirit ? and how do you define it ? are there other interpretations these are questions that has to be ansewed in your thesis

i had formulated already three questions. First, What is spirits? second, Do Spirits exists? Is there any proof that spirits exist or do not exists?

As I said previously, these questions do not fall under the standard problematic of modern philosophy in the West--I'm not sure about the situation in the Philippines--hence you might find it quite difficult to formulate your inquiries within the argumentative framework of philosophy. The cause for concern here is not one of open or closed mindedness, but rather the appropriateness of the purely philosophical method in tackling such questions. Generally speaking, your questions are properly addressed by the (aspiring) scientific discipline of parapsychology, though you first question remains relevant for the history of religions as well.

Nevertheless, if I were going to approach your problem from a purely philosophical standpoint, I would first give a survey of current debates in the philosophy of mind, arguing against the plausibility of physicalist standpoints, and afterwards excluding epiphenomenalism on already well-trodden grounds. Then, by a process of elimination, I would argue for the possibility of a substance dualism--the only theory of consciousness that would permit the existence of spirits--contending that the existence of spirits remains an open question when spirits are viewed as causally effective, disembodied minds. Thereafter, I would cite MODERN parapsychological evidence for the existence of spirits--now defined loosely as disembodied minds (and this would of course answer your first question). Such an argument would neither conclusively define the exact nature of "spirits" nor would it even come close to arguing for the ontic necessity of their existence, it would, however, provide some account of their nature within the current debates in the philosophy of mind, and would aver their existence on evidential grounds along coherentist lines--both from the enduring possibility of substance dualism within consciousness studies, and upon the parapsychological evidence (the two claims bestow mutual support upon one another).

Needless to say, you would have quite a lot of work to do if you were to adopt this approach. Check out the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; it's free, online, and it would be a good place to start.

Philosophy how do we define it. it does not matter what philosophical views you believe in whether you follow Socrates Plato or Aristotle. Aristotle philosophy Syllogism a proposition is argued or logically inferred to be true from the fact that two other proposition are true.
from the facts that 1 That all men are mortal
2 Socrates is a man it can be logical
3 Socrates is mortal the Syllogism
philosophy in nature has many propositions of what is true and what is not. when logically forming a thesis or philosophy Aristotle came up in steps that 1 the material of which it is made 2 Efficient cause is the activity of the sculpture who made it 3 formal its formal cause is the form in which the bronze is moulded 4 its final cause is the plan or design in the sculptures mind. how you formulate if spirits are real has to be structured and formulated in these examples its the basic of human design and philosophy