Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof That Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives
&#8220;Brain Warsexplains why the prevailing brain-mind paradigm is falling apart and why we are increasingly being forced to reconsider the nature of consciousness. The consequences of this paradigm shift are profound, and Mario Beauregard does a magnificent job in explaining why.&#8221; (Dean Radin PhDCo-Editor-in-Chief, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing Senior Scientist Institute of Noetic Sciences)&#8220;Mario Beauregard shows convincingly that the materialistic philosophy of the 19th century is an impoverished framework incompatible with contemporary science, from physics to psychology. The concepts he develops inBrain Warsare required reading for scientific literacy in today&#8217;s world.&#8221; (Bruce Greyson, M.D. Research psychiatrist, University of Virginia. Co-author ofIrreducible Mind)&#8220;In this ground-breaking work, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard cites a range of scientific studies challenging many widely held materialistic assumptions about the relation between the mind and brain.&#8221; (B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D.President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies)&#8220;The assumption that the brain makes consciousness, like the liver makes bile, and that human consciousness is confined to the brain and body, will not endure because it is unscientific, and cannot account for how consciousness manifests in the world. In this important book, Dr. Mario Beauregard shows why.&#8221; (Larry Dossey, MDAuthor ofReinventing MedicineandThe Power of Premonitions)&#8220;Dr. Beauregard describes that our mind/consciousness has a fundamental and irreducible nature, and that it sometimes can be experienced independently from the body because it is not limited to our brain.Brain Warsclearly announces the end of physicalism, reductionism, materialism and objectivism in science.&#8221; (Pim van Lommel, cardiologist, author ofConsciousness beyond Life)Provocative and accessible, this book is ultimately less about hard science and more about the mind-body problem and philosophy of materialistic science. (Library Journal)