A philosopher makes sense!

For once, a modern professional philosopher makes sense!

Monica Mandoki:

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The aim of my work is to defend the veridicality of near-death experiences within the framework of idealism. Philosophical idealism, roughly stated, is the theory that reality is consciousness or mind-created and possibly consciousness or mind-dependent.
However, the aim of my work is not achieved simply by adopting an idealist standpoint. Instead, I present arguments for the reason this idealist standpoint is necessary. First, I argue that the traditional way of assessing near-death experiences is often oversimplified and carries an unnecessary bias in favour of a materialist interpretation, which eventually sets it up for a failure to demonstrate that an afterlife state can exist. Here, the materialist interpretation refers to the theory of philosophical materialism according to which reality is strictly made of matter and nothing exists above and beyond matter.

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Denyse, in discussing this view, mentions that the increasing number of documented near-death experiences may be leading more academics to think about the subject instead of automatically dismissing it.

You want increasing? We have HUNDREDS of near-death experiences here in Spokane, and similar numbers in most other cities. Narcan and CPR are pulling most fentanyl overdoses back from the brink.

This could be a VERY large sample for a researcher intrepid enough to link up with the cops and interview the revived ones. You could call it morbid, and you could argue that perhaps a moral philosopher could be trying to solve the problem instead of profiting from it. Reminiscent of the old grave-robbers who were working for anatomists.

But the problem is not going to be solved because the mayors and governors and presidents and Public Anti-Health Officers are enjoying it. Might as well learn from it.