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Bruce Greyson
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Charles Bruce Greyson (1946–) is a parapsychologist and pseudoscience promoter.
Greyson is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Division of Perceptual studies at the University of Virginia.[1][2] He is the co-author of the book Irreducible Mind (2007) and co-editor of The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences (2009).[2]
Irreducible Mind proposes that the brain does not create the mind but the mind works independently from the brain, reviving an 18th century form of dualism.[3] Dualism was developed by the fraudulent psychical researcher F. W. H. Myers and William James.[4] Greyson argues for dualism but scientific studies have contradicted this view.[5][6]
Greyson is active in the International Association of Near-Death Studies which continues the work of Raymond Moody, who believed that near-death experiences are a evidence of an afterlife.[7]
Greyson is also associated with the Esalen Institute where he lectured from 1998-2010.[8]
Irreducible Mind[edit]
Greyson is the co-author of the book Irreducible Mind (2007) with Alan Gauld and other parapsychologists. The book pretends to be a psychology book, but it is actually a pseudoscience book filled with anecdotes, which promotes paranormal claims. The book was criticized in The American Journal of Psychology for presenting bold claims without empirical evidence.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Division Staff
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Biography of Bruce Greyson
- ↑ Sebastian Dieguez on Irreducible Mind
- ↑ Book review of Irreducible Mind
- ↑ Lycan, William. (1996). Philosophy of Mind in The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. Nicholas Bunnin and E. P. Tsui-James, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
- ↑ Wilson, D. L. (1999). Mind-brain interaction and the violation of physical laws. In B. Libet, A. Freeman, & K. Sutherland (Eds.). The Volitional Brain (pp. 185-200). Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic.
- ↑ History and Founders
- ↑ Esalen's Half-Century of Pioneering Cultural Initiatives 1962 to 2012
- ↑ Mitchell G. Ash, Horst Gundlach, Thomas Sturm. (2010). Book Review: Irreducible Mind. American Journal of Psychology. Volume 123, Number 2. pp. 246-250.