Parapsychology, Philosophy and the Mind: Essays Honoring John Beloff - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0786412364 ISBN 13: 9780786412365

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2002

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786412364
• ISBN 13: 9780786412365
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 193
• Redattore: Beloff John, Steinkamp Fiona