Forthcoming Events
Why is general psychic ability so weak and unreliable? Insights from a systems-theoretical analysis of Near-Death Experiences
| Event: | Annual Conference of the Society for Psychical Research, 10-12 Sept 2010 |
| Speaker: | David Rousseau |
| Date: | 11 September 2010 |
| Venue: | Sheffield University, UK |
| Organiser link: | SPR Conference |
| Summary: |
This talk will examine the relationship between near-death experiences and psychic ability.
It will be argued that cardiac arrest NDEs suggest that these phenomena should be analysed from a dualistic
perspective. It will show that, if NDEs are analysed in this context, systems theory suggests a
model of psychic ability with significant explanatory and predictive power.
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If minds are not just brains, what might they be?
| Event: | Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture |
| Speaker: | David Rousseau |
| Date: | 7 October 2010 |
| Venue: | Lecture Hall of the Kensington Central Library, Kensington, London W8 7RX |
| Organiser link: | Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture |
| Summary: |
This talk will discuss how different philosophical presuppositions lead to different
ways of interpreting evidence about the nature of minds and consciousness. It
will outline which presuppositions have to be changed in order for mind-body
dualism and a theory of survival to be scientifically acceptable. |
Beyond Dualism: insights and predictions from a new mind-body model
| Event: | SPR Study Day - Ordered Minds with Disordered Brains: From Evidence to Insight. |
| Speaker: | David Rousseau |
| Date: | Sat 27th November 2010 |
| Venue: | St Philips Church, Earls Court Road, London, W8 6QH |
| Organiser link: | SPR Study Day |
| Summary: |
This talk will present a mind-body model that is dualistic, so can accommodate
the radical evidence emerging from studies of near-death and end-of-life
experiences, and yet is still compatible with generally accepted scientific
and philosophical understandings. Some of the implications this model has for
everyday concerns will be discussed. |
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