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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Ray GriffinPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780791433164ISBN 10: 0791433161 Pages: 362 Publication Date: 16 January 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction to SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought Introduction: Parapsychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality 1. Parapsychology and Postmodern Philosophy 2. White Crows Abounding: Evidence for the Paranormal 3. The Mind-Body Relation and the Possibility of Life after Death 4. Evidence for Life after Death: Mediumistic Messages 5. Evidence from Cases of the Possession Type 6. Evidence from Cases of the Reincarnation Type 7. Evidence from Apparitions 8. Evidence from Out-of-Body Experiences 9. Parapsychology and Postmodern Spirituality Notes Note on Supporting Center IndexReviews"""This elegantly written book shows a greater command of the empirical data than any other work on the subject by a philosopher, and no other philosophical work on the survival of death deals with the conceptual issues with greater subtlety or thoroughness."" - Stephen E. Braude, author of ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination and The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science ""This is a very thorough integration of the data from parapsychology, both experimental and anecdotal, into the philosophical discussions concerning the nature and role of consciousness. The scholarship is sound, and the issues raised in this book are very hot topics in the academic community, especially among philosophers and cognitive scientists."" - Richard S. Broughton, Director, Institute for Parapsychology ""An informative book about parapsychology that I can recommend highly to all philosophers and theologians."" - Ian Stevenson, M.D., Carlson Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center" This elegantly written book shows a greater command of the empirical data than any other work on the subject by a philosopher, and no other philosophical work on the survival of death deals with the conceptual issues with greater subtlety or thoroughness. - Stephen E. Braude, author of ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination and The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science This is a very thorough integration of the data from parapsychology, both experimental and anecdotal, into the philosophical discussions concerning the nature and role of consciousness. The scholarship is sound, and the issues raised in this book are very hot topics in the academic community, especially among philosophers and cognitive scientists. - Richard S. Broughton, Director, Institute for Parapsychology An informative book about parapsychology that I can recommend highly to all philosophers and theologians. - Ian Stevenson, M.D., Carlson Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center ""This elegantly written book shows a greater command of the empirical data than any other work on the subject by a philosopher, and no other philosophical work on the survival of death deals with the conceptual issues with greater subtlety or thoroughness."" - Stephen E. Braude, author of ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination and The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science ""This is a very thorough integration of the data from parapsychology, both experimental and anecdotal, into the philosophical discussions concerning the nature and role of consciousness. The scholarship is sound, and the issues raised in this book are very hot topics in the academic community, especially among philosophers and cognitive scientists."" - Richard S. Broughton, Director, Institute for Parapsychology ""An informative book about parapsychology that I can recommend highly to all philosophers and theologians."" - Ian Stevenson, M.D., Carlson Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Author InformationDavid Ray Griffin is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Theology, School of Theology at Claremont and Claremont Graduate School. He is the author of Evil Revisited: Responses and Reconsiderations and coeditor (with Sandra Lubarsky) of Jewish Theology and Process Thought, both published by SUNY Press, and has authored or edited sixteen other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |