Immortal Remains The Evidence for Life After

Immortal Remains takes a fresh look at some of the most puzzling cases suggesting survival after death, and considers how to distinguish evidence for an afterlife from evidence for exotic things (including psychic things) done by the living. Author Stephen E. Braude concludes that we have some reason, finally, for believing in life after death.

Stephen E. Braude is professor of philosophy and chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Preface

ix

Chapter 1: Preliminaries

1.1 Introduction

1

(2)

1.2 Survival and Personal Identity

3

(6)

1.3 Survival and Anomalous Knowledge

9

(1)

1.4 The "Super-Psi" Hypothesis

10

(13)

1.5 What Else Is Wrong with the Literature on Survival

23

(8)

Chapter 2: Drop-In Communicators

2.1 Introduction

31

(4)

2.2 Outline of the Issues

35

(4)

2.3 The Cagliostro Case

39

(4)

2.4 Runki's Leg: The Case

43

(4)

2.5 Runki's Leg: Theoretical Considerations and Nagging Concerns

47

(4)

2.6 Concluding Remarks

51

(2)

Chapter 3: Trance Mediumship

3.1 Introduction

53

(3)

3.2 Outline of Mrs. Piper's Mediumship

56

(4)

3.3 Examples of Mrs. Piper's Mediumship

60

(11)

3.4 Mrs. Leonard's Mediumship

71

(8)

3.5 Mediumship and Super-ESP

79

(7)

3.6 Survival and the Causal Nexus

86

(9)

3.7 The Cross-Correspondences

95

(6)

Chapter 4: The Case of Sharada: Psychopathology and Xenoglossy

4.1 Introduction

101

(2)

4.2 Outline of the Case

103

(3)

4.3 Objections to Stevenson's Report

106

(3)

4.4 Akolkar's Report

109

(5)

4.5 Super-Psi and Knowledge-How

114

(13)

4.6 Xenoglossy and Dissociation

127

(6)

Chapter 5: The Case of Patience Worth

5.1 Introduction

133

(1)

5.2 Pearl Curran's Background

134

(2)

5.3 The History, Style, and Personality of Patience Worth

136

(3)

5.4 Writing Samples

139

(9)

5.5 The Theoretical Challenge

148

(3)

5.6 Non-Survivalist Conjectures

151

(10)

5.7 Latency and Creativity: The Case of Helene Smith

161

(5)

5.8 Other Cases of Mediumistic Creativity

166

(4)

5.9 Survivalist Conjectures

170

(3)

5.10 Concluding Remarks

173

(4)

Chapter 6: Reincarnation and Possession

6.l Introduction

177

(6)

6.2 The Case of Bishen Chand

183

(4)

6.3 A Recent Early-Bird Case

187

(3)

6.4 The Antonin Case

190

(8)

6.5 The Sumitra/Shiva Case

198

(9)

6.6 The Thompson-Gifford Case

207

(9)

6.7 Concluding Remarks

216

(9)

Chapter 7: Lingering Spirits

7.1 Introduction

225

(1)

7.2 Haunting: Preliminaries

226

(7)

7.3 Haunting: Comments

233

(3)

7.4 Transplant Cases

236

(5)

7.5 Transplant Cases: Comments

241

(4)

Chapter 8: Out-of-Body Experiences

8.1 Introduction

245

(5)

8.2 Why Externalism?

250

(6)

8.3 Distinctness and Independence

256

(4)

8.4 Apparitions and Reciprocal OBE’s

260

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8.5 Near-Death Experiences

270

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8.6 An Appeal to Systematicity

276

(5)

8.7 Concluding Remarks

281

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Chapter 9: Conclusion

9.1 Introduction

283

(1)

9.2 Ideal Cases

283

(5)

9.3 The Significance of Physiological Data

288

(4)

9.4 The "Stuff" That Survives

292

(6)

9.5 The Almeder/Hales Debate

298

(3)

9.6 Summing Up

301

(6)

Bibliography

307

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Index

323

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About the Author

329

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