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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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Author:   Fiona Steinkamp
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786412365

ISBN 10:   0786412364
Pages:   199
Publication Date:   26 September 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

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    

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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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