Beyond PhysicalismBeyond Physicalism

Beyond Physicalism is the product of an unusual fellowship of scientists and humanities scholars who dispute the belief that reality is at bottom purely physical, and that human beings are nothing more than extremely complicated biological machines. In their previous publication. Irreducible Mind, they argued that physicalism cannot accommodate various well-evidenced empirical events such as paranormal phenomena, postmortem survival, and mystical experiences. In this new theory-oriented companion volume, the scholars attempt to understand how the world must be constituted in order for these rogue phenomena to occur. Drawing upon empirical science, metaphysical philosophy, and mystical traditions, the authors work toward an improved understanding of the general character of reality, one which strongly overlaps territory traditionally occupied by the world's institutional religions, and which attempts to reconcile science and spirituality.