<p>Current mainstream opinion in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind holds that all aspects of human mind and consciousness are generated by physical processes occurring in brains. Views of this sort have dominated recent scholarly publication. The present volume, however, demonstrates_empirically_that this reductive materialism is not only incomplete but false. The authors systematically marshal evidence for a variety of psychological phenomena that are extremely difficult, and in some cases clearly impossible, to account for in conventional physicalist terms. Topics addressed include phenomena of extreme psychophysical influence, memory, psychological automatisms and secondary personality, near-death experiences and allied phenomena, genius-level creativity, and 'mystical' states of consciousness both spontaneous and drug-induced. The authors further show that these rogue phenomena are more readily accommodated by an alternative 'transmission' or 'filter' theory of mind/brain relations advanced over a century ago by a largely forgotten genius, F. W. H. Myers, and developed further by his friend and colleague William James. This theory, moreover, ratifies the commonsense conception of human beings as causally effective conscious agents, and is fully compatible with leading-edge physics and neuroscience. The book should command the attention of all open-minded persons concerned with the still-unsolved mysteries of the mind.</p>

Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century, With CD containing F. W. H. Myers's hard-to-find classic 2-volume Human Personality (1903) and selected contemporary reviews

Politics & Social Sciences

Emily Williams Kelly

Edward F. Kelly

Adam Crabtree

Alan Gauld

Michael Grosso

Bruce Greyson

Philosophy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

<p>Darklore is a journal of exceptional observations, hidden history, the paranormal and esoteric science. Featuring contributions from Daniel Pinchbeck, Loren Coleman, Nick Redfern, Robert Schoch, Lynn Picknett &amp; Clive Prince and many others.</p>

Darklore Vol. 1

Religion & Spirituality

Loren Coleman

DANIEL PINCHBECK

Lynn Picknett

Clive Prince

Robert Schoch

Nick Redfern

Susan Martinez

Michael Prescott

New Age & Spirituality

Daily Grail Pub

Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

Soulmaking: Uncommon Paths to Self-Understanding

Hampton Roads Publishing

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