Parapsychology, Philosophy and the Mind
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-1236-5 (ISBN)
John Beloff is one of our foremost authorities in parapsychology. He is credited with an instrumental role in the acceptance of parapsychology into academia. On April 21 and 22, 2000, a two-day international conference was held by the Koestler Parapsychology Unit of the Psychology Department at the University of Edinburgh to celebrate Beloff's eightieth birthday.
Most of the essays in this work were presented at this conference honoring John Beloff. All of the contributors have published a number of articles in mainstream philosophy and their essays promote Beloff's greatest interest--a philosophical interaction with parapsychology.
The book is divided into three sections and each section has three papers. The papers in the first section, "Parapsychology, Philosophy and the Mind," explore "the mind-brain problem," parapsychology and the principle of closure, and a cross-cultural perspective on dualism and the self. The second section, "Parapsychology, Self and Survival," looks at parapsychological phenomena and the sense of self, chrysalid therapy, and the problem of super psi. The third section, "Parapsychology, Religion and Spirituality," features papers that discuss parapsychology and how it relates to Hume's view of miracles, to religion, and to the origin of the Copernican hypothesis.
Fiona Steinkamp is a research fellow both at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland and the Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg, Germany.
Table of Contents
Preface
PARAPSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND THE MIND
Body and Soul: Another Look at the Mind-Brain Problem
Mechanism Overruled by Mentality? Parapsychology and the Principle of Causal Closure
Dualism and the Self: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
PARAPSYCHOLOGY, SELF AND SURVIVAL
Parapsychological Phenomena and the Sense of Self
Could Chrysalid Telepathy Survive?
The Problem of Super Psi
PARAPSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
Hume’s “Of Miracles” and Parapsychology
Could Parapsychology Have Any Bearing on Religion?
Kant’s Criticism of Swedenborg: Parapsychology and the Origin of the Copernican Hypothesis;
John Beloff’s Publications
About the Contributors
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.2002 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | notes, bibliographies, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-1236-4 / 0786412364 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-1236-5 / 9780786412365 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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