Presti Mind Beyond Brain

Buddhism, Science, and the Paranormal
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54839-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten, EPUB

Neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena—such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition—can influence the Buddhism-science conversation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Presti, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Prologue: Deepening the Dialogue, by David E. Presti and Edward F. Kelly
1. Scientific Revolution and the Mind–Matter Relation, by David E. Presti
2. Near-Death Experiences, by Bruce Greyson
3. Reports of Past-Life Memories, by Jim B. Tucker
4. Mediums, Apparitions, and Deathbed Experiences, by Emily Williams Kelly
5. Paranormal Phenomena, the Siddhis, and an Emerging Path Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality, by Edward F. Kelly
6. An Expanded Conception of Mind, by David E. Presti
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Presti David:
David E. Presti (PhD, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, California Institute of Technology; PhD, Clinical Psychology, Oregon) is Professor of Neurobiology, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at the University of California at Berkeley; he also teaches neuroscience in India and Bhutan as part of the Mind & Life initiative Science for Monks, and he developed the Certificate Program in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Research. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience (Norton, 2016) as well as a number of scientific papers and contributions to edited volumes.David E. Presti is a teaching professor of neurobiology, psychology, and cognitive science at the University of California, Berkeley. He also teaches neuroscience to Buddhist monks and nuns in India and Bhutan. He is the author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (2016).