Death and Consciousness

David H. Lund is professor emeritus of philosophy at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. He is enjoying his retirement on his farm in northern Minnesota.

“a philosopher considers in a readable fashion the question of human survival of bodily death. Extensive discussion of the meaning of consciousness”—Choice; “exceptional book about an intriguing subject. Highly recommended”—SSC BookNews; “presents what has been said by others so well and so clearly that he has made a real contribution to the subject. Like a good philosophy teacher, he presents the question, discusses what has been said on the subject, and points out errors. Lund has made a real contribution to survival literature”—The Journal of Parapsychology; “a welcome addition...offers a good summary of the main philosophical issues and highlights some of the important types of empirical data. It would make an intriguing text in a course on the philosophy of mind. It is clearly written”—Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research; “every so often a reviewer is allotted a book he would like to have written himself. Such a book for this reviewer is Death and Consciousness. The book deserves a wide readership”—Light.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. Scope and Method of the Study      2. The Case Against Belief in Survival      3. The Nature of the Self      4. The Role of the Body      5. Is Consciousness Produced by the Brain?      6. A Conception of Surviving in Another World      7. Science and the Paranormal      8. Out-of-the-Body Experience      9. Death-Bed Experiences      10. Apparitions and Hauntings      11. Mental Mediumship      12. Claimed Memories of Prior Lives      13. God and Christianity      14. Concluding Remarks      Notes      Index