Science, the self, and survival after death : selected writings of Ian Stevenson / edited by Emily Williams Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Ian, 1918-2007, author.

Contributor:

Kelly, Emily Williams, 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parapsychology.

Reincarnation.

Birthmarks.

Abnormalities, Human.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ian Stevenson was an internationally-known psychiatrist who sought to examine, with scientific rigor, questions usually reserved for philosophy and religion. Featuring a selection of his papers and excerpts from his books, Science, the Self, and Survival after Death presents the larger context of Stevenson's work and illustrates the issues and questions that guided him throughout his career.

Contents:

Science, The Self, And Survival After Death

Contents

General Introduction

1 Some of My Journeys in Medicine: 1989

1: New Ideas in Science

2 Scientists with Half-Closed Minds: 1958

3 What Are the Irreducible Components of the Scientific Enterprise?: 1999

2: The Nature of Human Personality

4 Why Medicine Is Not a Science: 1949

5 The End of Patient Abuse in Medical Care: 1985

6 Psychosomatic Medicine Part I: What We Know about Illness and the Emotions: 1954

7 Bodily Changes Corresponding to Mental Images in the Person Affected: 1997

8 Bodily Changes Corresponding to Another Person's Mental Images: 1997

9 Comments on the Psychological Effects of Mescaline and Allied Drugs: 1957

10 Can We Describe the Mind?: 1980

3: Psychical Research-Principles and Methods

11 Changing Fashions in the Study of Spontaneous Cases: 1987

12 Comments on Paper by Michael Scriven: 1962

13 Thoughts on the Decline of Major Paranormal Phenomena: 1989

4: Research on the Question of Survival After Death: Reviews and Representative Case Reports

14 Sources of Evidence Supporting a Belief in Survival: 1969

4a: Apparitions

15 Modern Apparitional Experiences: 1995

4b: Death-Bed Visions

16 Modern Apparitional Experiences: 1995

4c: Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

17 Cardiac Arrest Remembered: 1971

18 Comments on "The Reality of Death Experiences: A Personal Perspective": 1980

19 The Case of Linda McKnight: 1998

4d: Mediumship

20 A Communicator of the "Drop In" Type in Iceland: The Case of Gudni Magnusson: 1975

4e: Cases of the Reincarnation Type

21 Reincarnation: Field Studies and Theoretical Issues: 1977

22 Some New Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: The Case of Ampan Petcherat: 1973.

23 Three New Cases of the Reincarnation Type in Sri Lanka with Written Records Made Before Verifications: 1988

4f: Cases of the Reincarnation Type with Birthmarks and Birth Defects

24 Excerpt from Reincarnation and Biology: 1997

25 Birthmarks and Birth Defects Corresponding to Wounds on Deceased Persons: 1993

26 The Case of Hanumant Saxena: 1997

4g: Maternal Impressions

27 A New Look at Maternal Impressions: An Analysis of Fifty Published Cases and Reports of Two Recent Examples: 1992

28: A Case of Severe Birth Defects Possibly Due to Cursing: 1989

4h: Possession

29 A Case of the Possession Type in India with Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge: 1989

4i: Xenoglossy

30 A Case of Secondary Personality with Xenoglossy: 1979

5: Implications

31 "The Explanatory Value of the Idea of Reincarnation": 1977

32 Comments on "Is Outcome for Schizophrenia Better in Nonindustrial Societies? The Case of Sri Lanka": 1979

33 The Significance of Survival for Our Present Life: 1969

34 Assumptions of Religion and Psychiatry: 1955

Conclusion: Toward a Tertium Quid

Appendix: Publications of Ian Stevenson

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-2115-1

OCLC:

992565040