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==Extended consciousness phenomena== | |||
===Books and book reviews=== | |||
*A new book by Herb Mertz entitled [https://www.amazon.com/Selection-Effect-Consciousness-Shapes-Reality/dp/1733508007 "The Selection Effect: How Consciousness Shapes Reality"] has been published ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=33504#pid33504 Discuss]) | |||
===Periodicals, published papers and preprints=== | |||
*[https://ruickbie.com/2019/09/24/paranormal-review-91/ Issue 91] and [https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33503#pid33503 issue 92] (2019, but only now distributed) of the Society for Psychical Research's magazine "Paranormal Review" have appeared ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33259#pid33259 Discuss]) | |||
== | *The [https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33516#pid33516 Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 84, number 1 (January 2020)] has appeared ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=33516#pid33516 Discuss]) | ||
===Psi Encyclopedia=== | ===Psi Encyclopedia=== | ||
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*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/robert-morris Robert Morris] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33468#pid33468 Discuss]) | *[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/robert-morris Robert Morris] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33468#pid33468 Discuss]) | ||
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/caroline-watt Caroline Watt] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33505#pid33505 Discuss]) | |||
===Articles and blog posts=== | ===Articles and blog posts=== | ||
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**Dean Radin, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sc0vlDmris "Expanding the Scope of Mind-Matter Interaction Experiments"] | **Dean Radin, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sc0vlDmris "Expanding the Scope of Mind-Matter Interaction Experiments"] | ||
**Mark Boccuzzi, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEPzECISZJI "Task Optimization in Psi Research"] | **Mark Boccuzzi, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEPzECISZJI "Task Optimization in Psi Research"] | ||
*The Parapsychological Association has uploaded videos of presentations from its 2019 Convention | |||
**Paul H. Smith, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEU_8VyOwM "What’s in a Name? A Lot, Actually"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-multimedia-resources-thread?pid=33492#pid33492 Discuss]) | |||
**David T. Saunders, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssTrGKuhn-U "Mediumship Research in the 21st Century"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-multimedia-resources-thread-deathbed-visions-adcs?pid=33491#pid33491 Discuss]) | |||
===Upcoming events=== | ===Upcoming events=== | ||
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From this and previous pages of Psience News. | From this and previous pages of Psience News. | ||
*Nancy Zingrone's and Carlos Alvarado's free | *15 January - 31 March 2020: Online | ||
:Nancy Zingrone's and Carlos Alvarado's free course, [https://theazire.wiziqxt.com/course/76645 "Parapsychology Research & Education: Psychology and Parapsychology" (ParaMOOC2020)] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33187#pid33187 Discuss]) | |||
*3 February - 23 March 2020: Online | |||
:An eight-week course entitled [http://www.rhineeducationcenter.org/edu/ "Field Investigations: Apparitions, Hauntings, & Poltergeists,"] by Loyd Auerbach for the Rhine Education Center ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33292#pid33292 Discuss]) | |||
* | *13 February 2020: London | ||
:John Fraser will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D130%26reset%3D1 "Are Poltergeists Rare? Or are all cases 'Intermediate' with a strange mix of phenomena?"] at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--50?pid=32511#pid32511 Discuss]) | |||
* | *22 February 2020: Edinburgh | ||
:The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre will hold a one-day meeting entitled [http://www.arthurconandoylecentre.com/whatson/psi-saturday/ "Psi Saturday"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--27?pid=33072#pid33072 Discuss]) | |||
* | *23 February 2020: London | ||
:Birkbeck, London, is holding an event called [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-day-on-consciousness-tickets-90014121661 "A Day on Consciousness"] with presentations by Iain McGilchrist (by video link), Anil Seth and Rupert Sheldrake ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33258#pid33258 Discuss]) | |||
* | *3 - 24 March 2020: Online | ||
:A four-week course entitled [http://www.rhineeducationcenter.org/edu/ "How to Choose a Psychic,"] by Loyd Auerbach for the Rhine Education Center ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33292#pid33292 Discuss]) | |||
*A four-week | *4 - 25 March 2020: Online | ||
:A four-week course entitled [http://www.rhineeducationcenter.org/edu/ "Presentiment: Exploring the Nature and Theories of Time,"] by John G. Kruth for the Rhine Education Center ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33292#pid33292 Discuss]) | |||
* | *5 March 2020: London | ||
:Matthew Colborn will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D131%26reset%3D1 "Sticky Bundles, Leaky Buckets and Rabbit Holes: Understanding the Survival Experience"] (Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture) at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33249#pid33249 Discuss]) | |||
* | *1 - 4 April 2020: Porto, Portugal | ||
:The 13th Symposium in a series organised by the Bial Foundation on the theme "Behind and Beyond the Brain", entitled [https://www.bial.com/com/bial-foundation/symposium/ "The mystery of time,"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=32393#pid32393 Discuss]) | |||
* | *2 April 2020: London | ||
:Simon Duan will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D132%26reset%3D1 "Parallel Universe: Space for Psi"] at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33249#pid33249 Discuss]) | |||
* | *25 April 2020: London | ||
:The Society for Psychical Research will hold a study day on the theme of [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D133%26reset%3D1 "Psi and post-materialist science: the search for a new paradigm"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33375#pid33375 Discuss]) | |||
*The Society | *25 April 2020: London '''(NEW)''' | ||
:The Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society is organising a symposium entitled [https://www.bps.org.uk/events/end-life-inner-experience-and-unusual-awareness-dying "End-of-Life: Inner experience and unusual awareness in the dying"] at the Society's headquarters ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events-and-professional-surveys?pid=33508#pid33508 Discuss]) | |||
*The Parapsychological Association and the Society for Scientific Exploration are jointly organising a four-day Convention entitled [https://www.parapsych.org/section/60/2020_convention.aspx "2020 Vision"] | *16 - 19 June 2020: Durham, North Carolina | ||
:The Parapsychological Association and the Society for Scientific Exploration are jointly organising a four-day Convention entitled [https://www.parapsych.org/section/60/2020_convention.aspx "2020 Vision"] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=32203#pid32203 Discuss]) | |||
*'''(NEW)''' Paul Gaunt will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D134%26reset%3D1 "Helen Duncan: Genuine or fraudulent?"] | *2 July 2020: London '''(NEW)''' | ||
:Paul Gaunt will give a lecture entitled [https://www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D134%26reset%3D1 "Helen Duncan: Genuine or fraudulent?"] (Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture) at the Society for Psychical Research ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--27?pid=33487#pid33487 Discuss]) | |||
==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ||
===Periodicals, published papers and preprints=== | |||
*A report by Michelle J. Redinbaugh ''et al.'' entitled [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627320300052 "Thalamus Modulates Consciousness via Layer-Specific Control of Cortex"] has been published at ScienceDirect. It is discussed in an article by Ali Pattillo entitled [https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/tiny-area-of-the-brain-could-enable-consciousness "A tiny area of the brain may enable consciousness, says 'exhilarating' study"] at Inverse ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-thalamus?pid=33515#pid33515 Discuss]) | |||
===Debates and dialogues=== | ===Debates and dialogues=== | ||
*[https://letter.wiki/conversation/277#letter_1526 On metaphysics & science], the eighth and final letter, by Massimo Pigliucci, in the dialogue between himself and Philip Goff- [https://letter.wiki/conversation/277 On The Problem of Consciousness, Panpsychism & more] - has been uploaded to [https://letter.wiki/conversations Letter] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-a-post-galilean-paradigm?pid=33473#pid33473 Discuss]) | *[https://letter.wiki/conversation/277#letter_1526 On metaphysics & science], the eighth and final letter, by Massimo Pigliucci, in the dialogue between himself and Philip Goff- [https://letter.wiki/conversation/277 On The Problem of Consciousness, Panpsychism & more] - has been uploaded to [https://letter.wiki/conversations Letter] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-a-post-galilean-paradigm?pid=33473#pid33473 Discuss]) | ||
===Articles and blog posts=== | |||
*The post [https://verbosestoic.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/could-consciousness-have-evolved/ Could Consciousness Have Evolved?] has been published on [https://verbosestoic.wordpress.com/ The Verbose Stoic] blog, commenting on [https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/philosopher-consciousness-could-not-have-evolved/ Jerry Coyne's response] to Bernardo Kastrup's article [https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-cannot-have-evolved-auid-1302 Consciousness Cannot Have Evolved] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-kastrup-idea-of-the-world?pid=33493#pid33493 Discuss]) | |||
*An article by Jun Wu entitled [https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/02/11/our-reality-and-why-consciousness-is-important/ "Our Reality And Why Consciousness Is Important"] has appeared at Forbes ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-our-reality-and-why-consciousness-is-important?pid=33499#pid33499 Discuss]) | |||
*A blog article by Bernardo Kastrup entitled [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/yes-free-will-exists/ "Yes, Free Will Exists"] has appeared at Scientific American ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-kastrup-idea-of-the-world?pid=33502#pid33502 Discuss]) | |||
==Alternative Views on Science== | ==Alternative Views on Science== | ||