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"Near-death experiences with hallucinatory features" defended.

Keith Augustine

The Journal of near-death studies 2007 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2007-26-1-p55-65. (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Near-death experience
Citations 3
Key points Argues that NDE reports are sometimes open to multiple interpretations, that different kinds of NDEs should be distinguished by their diverse physiological mechanisms, and that post-NDE transformations demand special explanation if NDEs are hallucinations.

Abstract

Article purporting that near-death experience (NDE) reports are sometimes open to multiple interpretations, that different kinds of NDEs should be distinguished according to their diverse physiological mechanisms, and that transformations following NDEs but not other hallucinatory experiences require special explanation if NDEs are hallucinations.