Allan Kardec's theories and methods to investigate the nature of psychical experiences.
History of Psychiatry June 1, 2025 Marcelo Gulão Pimentel, Klaus Chaves Alberto, Alexander Moreira-Almeida
The French educator Allan Kardec (1804-1869) was one of the first researchers to propose the scientific investigation of psychical experiences and was an influential scholar in Europe during the second half of the 19th Century. However, his life and the outcome of his research in this field are currently little known and often misconstrued. This paper briefly presents Kardec's biography and his...