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Alterations of Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis For Social Scientists
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Alterations of Consciousness is a refreshing and richly analytic investigation into the nature of cognitive reality. Imants Baruss explores various manifestations of consciousness with rational and empirical rigor beginning with more ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, dreaming and continuing on into hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and experiences related to death. This comprehensive overview of altered states examines consciousness from the physiological, cognitive, and experiential points of view. Readers will gain from this engaging text an enriched understanding of consciousness, reality, and the scientific endeavor.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #206125 in Books
- Published on: 2003-04-07
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 291 pages
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Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada. Text investigates the nature of cognitive reality. Explores various manifestations of consciousness starting with ordinary states such as thinking, sleeping, and dreaming. Also explores the more extraordinary states such as hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and experiences associated with death.
