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Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences | Susan J. Blackmore

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Progress in medical science has increased our understanding of what happens when the brain begins to fail. Psychology delves ever more deeply into the nature of the self. In Dying to Live, Blackmore, a leading expert in near-death experiences, explores what psychology, biology, and medicine have to say about this extraordinary aspect of death and dying.. . . the best resource for materialist arguments that currently exists. . . . Blackmore's book is the most up-to-date catalogue of misgivings about the dualist concept of self and the religionist's desire for the afterlife vis-a-vis experiences near-death. . . . a fine book. -Journal of Scientific Exploration. . . one of the most intelligent and comprehensive examinations of the near-death experience to date. For thoroughness of treatment and tidiness of theory, the book is quite without equal. -Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research[This book is] brilliant though controversial . . . -ChoiceHer book is a model of understanding and . . . moving in its course through a sensitive subject. -New ScientistWell documented and well researched . . . The author's impartial treatment of diverse beliefs on the subject helps readers to see how scientific and spiritual points of view can coexist. There's much to think about here. -School Library Journal

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Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences | Susan J. Blackmore

so-so

An ironically theological choice of title, given the book‘s attempt to use science to unlock the mystery of NDEs. Still, it‘s a readable engagement, in which the author argues that whilst no one scientific explanation can explain every feature of NDEs, a whole bunch of them suffices to explain them all. Ultimately reductive and generally unconvincing, it fails to adequately examine what experiencers actually report, which is a major flaw.

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