Out-of-body and near-death experiences: brain-state phenomena or glimpses of immortality?

Discrediting 'mystical' or 'psychical' interpretations of out-of-body and near-death experiences, Michael Marsh demonstrates how these phenomena are explicable in terms of brain neurophysiology and its neuropathological disturbances,and discusses the theological and philosophical implications of his hypotheses. INDICE: Introduction: Prospects For Life After Death; 1: Getting a Sense of the Other-Worldly Domain; 2: Surveying Past Horizons; 3: Authors' Interpretations of ECE Phenomenology; 4: Objective Analyses Into ECE Subjectivity; 5:Conscious-Awareness: Life's Illusory Legacy; 6: The Temporo-Parietal Cortex: The Configuring of Ego/Paracentric Body Space; 7: Falling Asleep, Perchance toDream - Thence to Re-awaken; 8: ECE & the Temporal Lobe: Assassin or Accomplice?; 9: Other Neurophysiological Aspects Pertinent to ECE Phenomenology; 10: Anthropological & Eschatological Considerations of ECE Phenomenology; 11: ECE, Revelation and Spirituality; 12: Subjects' Interpretations of their Experiences; 13: Overview and Recapitulation

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957150-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 21/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés