Science and the Near-Death Experience

by Carter, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781594773563
• ISBN10: 1594773564
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-23
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

Materialistic thinking suggests that perceptions of life after death are a creation of the brain. Armed with evidence from scientific studies, Chris Carter shows that consciousness does not depend on the brain, and that near-death experiences may truly provide a glimpse of an awaiting afterlife.

Author Biography

Chris Carter received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Oxford. The author of Parapsychology and the Skeptics, he currently lives in China.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Does Consciousness Depend on the Brain?
Ancient and Modern Theories	p. 6
Objections of Skeptics	p. 19
Opinions from Neuroscience	p. 24
Physics and Consciousness	p. 32
Are Memories Stored in the Brain?	p. 81
Theories of Life	p. 87
The Near-Death Experience
Reports from the Brink	p. 104
Into the Abyss: Horrific Near-Death Experiences	p. 127
Near-Death Experiences across Cultures	p. 136
Proposed Psychological Explanations	p. 150
Proposed Physiological Explanations	p. 160
Experiencing Death through Drugs?	p. 185
The "Dying Brain" Theory of Susan Blackmore	p. 201
Veridical Near-Death Experiences	p. 216
Near-Death Experiences of People Who Are Blind	p. 230
The Scientific Challenge to Materialism	p. 235
The Near-Death Experience as Evidence for Survival	p. 245
Deathbed Visions
Reports from England to India	p. 254
Alternative Explanations	p. 261
Comparison with the Near-Death Experience	p. 268
Epilogue: Next	p. 270
Notes	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 297
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