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Title: | Introduction: The Medium and the Message | Contributor(s): | Rock, Adam John (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17252 | Abstract: | Fundamental to the human condition is the awareness that, as biological organisms, we are inexorably drawn towards disequilibrium and the grave. So, the question becomes, "Does human consciousness survive bodily death?" This is a perennial question, and the possibility of postmortem survival provides many with a sense of solace. Perhaps this is one reason why, as a species, we appear to be fascinated by the possibility of mediumship. The purpose of the present volume is to examine critically what is referred to as the survival hypothesis: the tentative statement or prediction that some aspect of our personhood (e.g., consciousness) persists subsequent to the death of the physical body. The appraisal of this hypothesis will be restricted to mediumistic phenomena. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | The Survival Hypothesis: Essays on Mediumship, p. 7-19 | Publisher: | McFarland | Place of Publication: | Jefferson, United States of America | ISBN: | 9780786472208 9781476614427 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520599 Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an52747819 | Editor: | Editor(s): Adam John Rock |
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Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Psychology |
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