This book hasn't been released yet, but it's available for Pre-Order in Amazon.com.
The author is philosopher Chris Carter, who as most of my readers know, wrote one of the best current books on parapsychology in print and an absolute must read (entitled Parapsychology and the Skeptics).
As promised in his previous book, Carter now turns his focus and sharp mind to the examination of the evidence for near-death experiences and the debate surrounding it in his newest book Science and Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death.
According to the description of it in Amazon.com, this book:
• Explains why near-death experiences (NDEs) offer evidence of an afterlife and discredits the psychological and physiological explanations for them
• Challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death
• Examines ancient and modern accounts of NDEs from around the world, including China, India, and many from tribal societies such as the Native American and the Maori
Predating all organized religion, the belief in an afterlife is fundamental to the human experience and dates back at least to the Neanderthals. By the mid-19th century, however, spurred by the progress of science, many people began to question the existence of an afterlife, and the doctrine of materialism--which believes that consciousness is a creation of the brain--began to spread. Now, armed with scientific evidence, Chris Carter challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death and shows how near-death experiences (NDEs) may truly provide a glimpse of an awaiting afterlife.
Using evidence from scientific studies, quantum mechanics, and consciousness research, Carter reveals how consciousness does not depend on the brain and may, in fact, survive the death of our bodies. Examining ancient and modern accounts of NDEs from around the world, including China, India, and tribal societies such as the Native American and the Maori, he explains how NDEs provide evidence of consciousness surviving the death of our bodies. He looks at the many psychological and physiological explanations for NDEs raised by skeptics--such as stress, birth memories, or oxygen starvation--and clearly shows why each of them fails to truly explain the NDE. Exploring the similarities between NDEs and visions experienced during actual death and the intersection of physics and consciousness, Carter uncovers the truth about mind, matter, and life after death.
As any of the readers of Carter's previous book will know, he's a readable, thoughful and careful writer, and his Oxford-trained philosophical skills allow him to examine every argument in a rigurous, informed, philosophically sophisticated and objective way, without attacking any straw men.
Given Carter's excellent previous book, I'm sure his lastest one will be another masterpiece and, above all, an important and original philosophical and scientific contribution to the debate about the afterlife and near-death experiences.
An excerpt of this book can be read here.
The author is philosopher Chris Carter, who as most of my readers know, wrote one of the best current books on parapsychology in print and an absolute must read (entitled Parapsychology and the Skeptics).
As promised in his previous book, Carter now turns his focus and sharp mind to the examination of the evidence for near-death experiences and the debate surrounding it in his newest book Science and Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death.
According to the description of it in Amazon.com, this book:
• Explains why near-death experiences (NDEs) offer evidence of an afterlife and discredits the psychological and physiological explanations for them
• Challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death
• Examines ancient and modern accounts of NDEs from around the world, including China, India, and many from tribal societies such as the Native American and the Maori
Predating all organized religion, the belief in an afterlife is fundamental to the human experience and dates back at least to the Neanderthals. By the mid-19th century, however, spurred by the progress of science, many people began to question the existence of an afterlife, and the doctrine of materialism--which believes that consciousness is a creation of the brain--began to spread. Now, armed with scientific evidence, Chris Carter challenges materialist arguments against consciousness surviving death and shows how near-death experiences (NDEs) may truly provide a glimpse of an awaiting afterlife.
Using evidence from scientific studies, quantum mechanics, and consciousness research, Carter reveals how consciousness does not depend on the brain and may, in fact, survive the death of our bodies. Examining ancient and modern accounts of NDEs from around the world, including China, India, and tribal societies such as the Native American and the Maori, he explains how NDEs provide evidence of consciousness surviving the death of our bodies. He looks at the many psychological and physiological explanations for NDEs raised by skeptics--such as stress, birth memories, or oxygen starvation--and clearly shows why each of them fails to truly explain the NDE. Exploring the similarities between NDEs and visions experienced during actual death and the intersection of physics and consciousness, Carter uncovers the truth about mind, matter, and life after death.
As any of the readers of Carter's previous book will know, he's a readable, thoughful and careful writer, and his Oxford-trained philosophical skills allow him to examine every argument in a rigurous, informed, philosophically sophisticated and objective way, without attacking any straw men.
Given Carter's excellent previous book, I'm sure his lastest one will be another masterpiece and, above all, an important and original philosophical and scientific contribution to the debate about the afterlife and near-death experiences.
An excerpt of this book can be read here.
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