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Immortal remains : the evidence for life after death /

Immortal Remains takes a fresh look at some of the most puzzling cases suggesting survival after death, and considers how to distinguish evidence for an afterlife from evidence for exotic things (including psychic things) done by the living. Author Stephen E. Braude concludes that we have some reaso...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braude, Stephen E., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1
  • Preliminaries; 1. Introduction; 2. Survival and Personal Identity; 3. Survival and Anomalous Knowledge; 4. The "Super-Psi" Hypothesis; 5. What Else Is Wrong with the Literature on Survival; NOTES; Chapter 2
  • Drop-In Communicators; 1. Introduction; 2. Outline of the Issues; 3. The Cagliostro Case; 4. Runki's Leg: The Case; 5. Runki's Leg: Theoretical Considerations and Nagging Concerns; 6. Concluding Remarks; NOTES; Chapter 3
  • Trance Mediumship; 1. Introduction; 2. Outline of Mrs. Piper's Mediumship.
  • 3. Examples of Mrs. Piper's Mediumship4. Mrs. Leonard's Mediumship; 5. Mediumship and Super-ESP; 6. Survival and the Causal Nexus; 7. The Cross-Correspondences; NOTES; Chapter 4
  • The Case of Sharada: Psychopathology and Xenoglossy; 1. Introduction; 2. Outline of the Case; 3. Objections to Stevenson's Report; 4. Akolkar's Report; 5. Super Psi and Knowledge-How; 6. Xenoglossy and Dissociation; NOTES; Chapter 5
  • The Case of Patience Worth; 1. Introduction; 2. Pearl Curran's Background; 3. The History, Style, and Personality of Patience Worth; 4. Writing Samples; 5. The Theoretical Challenge.
  • 6. Non-Survivalist Conjectures7. Latency and Creativity: The Case of Hélène Smith; 8. Other Cases of Mediumistic Creativity; 9. Survivalist Conjectures; 10. Concluding Remarks; NOTES; Chapter 6
  • Reincarnation and Possession; 1. Introduction; 2. The Case of Bishen Chand; 3. A Recent Early-Bird Case; 4. The Antonia Case; 5. The Sumitra/Shiva Case; 6. The Thompson-Gifford Case; 7. Concluding Remarks; NOTES; Chapter 7
  • Lingering Spirits; 1. Introduction; 2. Haunting: Preliminaries; 3. Haunting: Comments; 4. Transplant Cases; 5. Transplant Cases: Comments; NOTES.
  • Chapter 8
  • Out-of-Body Experiences1. Introduction; 2. Why Externalism?; 3. Distinctness and Independence; 4. Apparitions and Reciprocal OBEs; 5. Near-Death Experiences; 6. An Appeal to Systematicity; 7. Concluding Remarks; NOTES; Chapter 9
  • Conclusion; 1. Introduction; 2. Ideal Cases; 3. The Significance of Physiological Data; 4. The "Stuff" That Survives; 5. The Almeder/Hales Debate; 6. Summing Up; NOTES; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.