It's not that there are correlations between mind and brain, it is that closing this gap is an impossible Something from Nothing task.
But yes, Physicalism being false alone is not enough to make a philosophical argument for the soul's immortality. Panpsychism could be true, even Idealism, and we could still cease to exist upon our deaths. There is a philosophical case for continuation - or rather more than one - of which the falseness of Physicalism is the stepping stone. [Though I don't think the philosophical case alone is going to convince most people without Survival cases.]
If that's the strongest argument, an evasion of why Physicalism is false by distracting us with correlations...well then I feel assured saying the video is a waste of time. Especially if he's admitted he doesn't know about the work of the people - Kastrup, Penfield - he's trying to criticize.
But yes, Physicalism being false alone is not enough to make a philosophical argument for the soul's immortality. Panpsychism could be true, even Idealism, and we could still cease to exist upon our deaths. There is a philosophical case for continuation - or rather more than one - of which the falseness of Physicalism is the stepping stone. [Though I don't think the philosophical case alone is going to convince most people without Survival cases.]
If that's the strongest argument, an evasion of why Physicalism is false by distracting us with correlations...well then I feel assured saying the video is a waste of time. Especially if he's admitted he doesn't know about the work of the people - Kastrup, Penfield - he's trying to criticize.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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- Bertrand Russell
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