Science of life after death / / Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marianna de Abreu Costa, Humberto Schubert Coelho

• Autore: Almeida Alexander Moreira de
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (96 pages)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Consciousness; Consciència; Vida futura
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): de Abreu CostaMarianna; CoelhoHumberto Schubert
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: The Idea of Survival of the Soul in the History of Religions and Philosophy -- References -- 3: Setting the Scene: Addressing the Main Arguments Against Survival Hypothesis -- Neuroscience "Proves" that the Brain Generates Mind -- Principle of Parsimony: We Should Explain Mind Solely on a Material Basis -- There Is No Mechanism for How the Mind Would Influence the Brain -- Science Has Proved Physicalism and Survival Implies Supernaturalism -- Survival Implies Cartesian Dualism that Is Rejected by Learned People -- References -- 4: What Would Constitute Evidence for Personal Survival After Death? -- References -- 5: The Best Available Evidence for Life After Death -- Mediumship -- Mrs. Leonora Piper -- Chico Xavier -- Other Mediumship Studies -- Alternative Explanations -- Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences -- Veridical Perceptions -- Alternative Explanations -- Reincarnation -- Cases of Reincarnation Type -- Alternative Explanations -- References -- 6: The Weight of the Whole Body of Evidence for Life After Death -- Hypotheses Alternative to Survival -- Fraud -- Chance, Cryptomnesia, Fabrications of the Unconscious Mind, and Other Conventional Sources -- Living Agent Psi (LAP) -- References -- 7: Cultural Barriers to a Fair Examination of the Available Evidence for Survival -- References -- 8: Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Science of life after death
• ISBN: 3-031-06056-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910580134703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in psychology.