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Record Nr.

UNINA9910580134703321

Autore

Almeida Alexander Moreira de

Titolo

Science of Life After Death / / by Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marianna de Abreu Costa, Humberto Schubert Coelho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-06056-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Psychology, , 2192-8371

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Developmental psychology

Psychology and religion

Psychiatry

Cognitive neuroscience

Phenomenology

Alternative medicine

Developmental Psychology

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Cognitive Neuroscience

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Science of Life After Death -- Chapter 2. The Idea of Survival of the Soul in the History of Religions and Philosophy -- Chapter 3. Main Arguments Against Survival After Death -- Chapter 4. Defining Evidence for Survival After Death -- Chapter 5. Best Available Evidence of Life After Death -- Chapter 6. The Weight of the Whole Body of Evidence of Life After Death -- Chapter 7. Cultural Barriers to a Fair Examination of the Available Evidence of Life After Death -- Chapter 8. Future Directions in the Scientific Research of Life After Death.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the best available empirical evidence regarding one of the most challenging and pervasive questions throughout ages, cultures, and religions: the survival of human consciousness after



death. It begins with a contextual overview of belief in personal survival and refutes misguided historical and epistemological arguments against the notion of survival after death (e.g., irrational, purely religious, impossible to be addressed by science, that has been proved false by neuroscience). The book provides an overview of the scientific evidence regarding the survival of human consciousness after death, focusing on studies on mediumship, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and reincarnation. Featured topics of coverage include: The belief in life after death in the contemporary world as well as in the history of religions and philosophy. The key misguided arguments and prejudices against the academic study of afterlife survival. What constitutes empirical evidence for survival after death? The main explanatory hypotheses alternative to survival after death. The chief cultural barriers to a fair examination of the available evidence for survival of consciousness after death. Science of Life After Death is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in developmental and clinical psychology; spirituality, religious. and consciousness studies; psychiatry; neuroscience / neurology; phenomenology / philosophy; complementary and alternative medicine; and all interrelated disciplines. Offers a contextual overview of belief in personal survival after death Refutes misguided historical and epistemological arguments against the notion of survival after death Examines empirical studies on mediumship, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and reincarnation .