Paranormal Experience and Survival of DeathParanormal Experience and Survival of Death amasses data and surveys from a century of research on the paranormal on four continents: Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Studying the tensions between religious and scientific perspectives, Becker reviews numerous substantiated accounts of demon-possession, of memories of past lives, of ghostly apparitions, and out-of-body experiences. He analyzes the medical evidence and what such experiences imply about survival after death. The author then looks at the reasons for the taboos on scientific discussion of such research within the social sciences, and proposes a new paradigm for a more holistic view of the field. |
Contents
| 5 | |
Objections to the Phenomena as Evidence of Survival | 20 |
Invisible Bodies? | 38 |
Philosophy of Science | 60 |
The Heart of NearDeath Experiences | 78 |
The Ontology of Modern Physics | 122 |
Rational Objections to Paranormal Evidence | 129 |
Nonrational Objections to Paranormal Evidence | 138 |
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