Beyond Physicalism (eBook)

Edward F. Kelly is a research professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, with interests in psychical research and functional neuroimaging. He is lead author of three previous books: Computer Recognition of English Word Senses; Altered States of Consciousness and Psi: An Historical Survey and Research Prospectus; and Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century. Adam Crabtree is a psychotherapist in private practice and on the faculty of the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto, with interests in the history of animal magnetism and hypnotism, as well as the history and practice of psychodynamic psychology. He is author of six books including From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Root of Psychological Healing;Multiple Man; and Memoir of a Trance Therapist.Paul Marshall is an independent researcher with interests in mysticism, philosophy and psychology of religion, science-religion relations, and consciousness studies. He is author of two previous books, The Living Mirror: Images of Reality in Science and Mysticism; and Mystical Encounters with the Natural World: Experiences and Explanations.

Introduction: Science and Spirituality at a Crossroads, Edward F. KellyPart I. The Essential Background: “Rogue” Phenomena in Search of a Theory1. Empirical Challenges to Theory Construction, Edward F. Kelly2. Mystical Experiences as Windows on Reality, Paul MarshallPart II. Old and New Worldviews that Accommodate the Targeted Phenomena3. The “Transmission” Model of Mind and Body: A Brief History, Michael Grosso4. A Psychobiological Perspective on “Transmission” Models, Edward F. Kelly and David E. Presti5. A Quantum Mechanical Theory of the Mind/Brain Connection, Henry P. Stapp6. Mind–Matter Correlations in Dual-Aspect Monism According to Pauli and Jung, Harald Atmanspacher and Wolfgang Fach7. Hyperspatial Models of Matter and Mind, Bernard Carr8. Platonic Siddhas: Supernatural Philosophers of Neoplatonism, Gregory Shaw9. Patanjali’s Yoga Sūtras and the Siddhis, Edward F. Kelly and Ian Whicher10. Conscious Body: Mind and Body in Abhinavagupta’s Tantra, Loriliai Biernacki11. Why We Are Conscious of So Little: A Neo-Leibnizian Approach, Paul Marshall12. Continuity of Mind: A Peircean Vision, Adam Crabtree13. Mind Beyond Body: Transphysical Process Metaphysics, Eric M. WeissPart III. Putting the Pieces Together14. Toward a Worldview Grounded in Science and Spirituality, Edward F. Kelly15. The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism, Michael Murphy