Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century
Edward F. Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosso, Bruce Greyson
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mysticism |
| Keywords | Automatism medicine Genius Empirical psychology Mainstream Cognitive science Level of consciousness Psychoanalysis Literature Developmental psychology Critical psychology |
| Citations | 145 |
| Key points | Argues that 'Irreducible Mind' presents a compelling case for the irreducibility of consciousness by cataloging anomalous phenomena that challenge physicalism, but contends that the philosophical arguments are not always rigorous and that the book's overall thesis remains unproven. |
Abstract
https://userpages.umbc.edu/~braude/ftp/pages/pdfs_pubd/braude--Review%20of%20Irreducible%20Mind%20opt2%20sm.pdf
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Argues that the book presents a case for the irreducibility of consciousness by cataloging anomalous phenomena that challenge physicalism, but contends that its philosophical arguments are not always rigorous and its overall thesis remains unproven.
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Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| The mystical mind: probing the biology of religious experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy | 1993 | Edited collection of essays | |
| Mysticism and schizophrenia: A phenomenological exploration of the structure of consciousness in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Third‐order Organizational Change and the Western Mystical Tradition | 1994 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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