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This book consists of a collection of essays informing readers as
to the contemporary status of selected cutting-edge issues in
parapsychology (or "psi research"). Each chapter comprehensively
reviews a controversial topic from a critical stance, and updates
its status based on the latest theoretical and empirical
considerations. Chapter authors are authoritative experts in their
fields who have captured the complexity and importance of their
topics. This is a resource for both the serious scholar and
interested follower of psi research, containing in-depth analyses
and discussions of topics that cannot be found elsewhere. Topics
include cross-examinations of psychical investigations; a
meta-analysis of anomalous information collected by mediums; an
examination of the relationships between parapsychology, quantum
theory and neuroscience; and a study of psychics' involvement in
police investigations.
Contemporary parapsychology tends to be preoccupied with ESP
(telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition) and psychokinesis. In
contrast, this cutting-edge anthology assembles an international
team of experts from the fields of psychology, parapsychology,
philosophy, anthropology and neuroscience to examine critically
what is referred to as the survival hypothesis: the tentative
statement or prediction that some aspect of our personhood (e.g.,
consciousness) persists subsequent to the death of the physical
body. The appraisal of the survival hypothesis will be restricted
to the phenomenon of mediumship; that is, humans who ostensibly
communicate with the deceased. The book has been divided into four
main sections: Explanation and Belief; Culture, Psychopathology and
Psychotherapy; Empirical Approaches, and The Present and Future.
The issue of postmortem survival is supremely relevant to us all
because in our consensual space-time reality the human encounter
with death is, of course, a certainty.
The essays in this volume 9 of a series inform readers of the
present status of leading issues in parapsychology (or psi
research). The authors are experts in their fields and have written
in a reader-friendly way that captures the complexity and
importance of their topics. Each essay comprehensively reviews a
controversial topic from a critical stance, and updates its status
based on the latest theoretical and empirical considerations. For
readers who need to keep pace with the evolution of thinking in psi
research, this volume is authoritative. The series as a whole has
traced the development of psi research over decades, providing a
longterm definitive resource.
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