Near-Death Experiences

Understanding Our Visions of the Afterlife

AvJohn Martin Fischer,Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Near-death experiences offer a glimpse not only into the nature of death but also into the meaning of life. They are not only useful tools to aid in the human quest to understand death but are also deeply meaningful, transformative experiences for the people who have them. In a unique contribution to the growing and popular literature on the subject, philosophers John Martin Fischer and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin examine prominent near-death experiences, such as those of Pam Reynolds, Eben Alexander and Colton Burpo. They combine their investigations with critiques of the narratives' analysis by those who take them to show that our minds are immaterial and heaven is for real. In contrast, the authors provide a blueprint for a science-based explanation. Focusing on the question of whether near-death experiences provide evidence that consciousness is separable from our brains and bodies, Fischer and Mitchell-Yellin give a naturalistic account of the profound meaning and transformative effects that these experiences engender in many. This book takes the reality of near-death experiences seriously. But it also shows that understanding them through the tools of science is completely compatible with acknowledging their profound meaning.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-04
Mått:137 x 211 x 22 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190466602

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he has held a University of California President's Chair (2006-10). He was President of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2013-4). He was Project Leader of The Immortality Project (2012-15), sponsored by The John Templeton Foundation.Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sam Houston State University. Previously, he was the Postdoctoral Fellow for the Immortality Project (2012-2015), sponsored by The John Templeton Foundation.

Recensioner i media

John Martin Fischer and Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin's book is the gold standard for philosophical work aimed at a popular audience. Fischer and Mitchell-Yellin make nuanced, philosophically interesting arguments about a topic largely unexplored by academic philosophers and manage to do so in a way that is accessible to any intellectually curious reader.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceChapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: Two Famous Near-Death ExperiencesChapter Three: When Exactly Do the Near-Death Experiences Take Place?Chapter Four: Must an Explanation of Near-Death Experiences Appeal to the Nonphysical?Chapter Five: Are Lucid Experiences Necessarily Accurate?Chapter Six: Near-Death Experiences in the BlindChapter Seven: Near-Death Experiences in Children and throughout the WorldChapter Eight: Why Expect Near-Death Experiences to be Explained by a Single Factor?Chapter Nine: Are Simpler Explanations More Likely to be True?Chapter Ten: Near-Death Experiences, Transformation, and the AfterlifeChapter Eleven: A Strategy for Explaining Near-Death ExperiencesChapter Twelve: Confirmation Bias: We Believe What We Want to BelieveChapter Thirteen: Awe, Wonder, and HopeReferences