Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Rhine Research Center
This is one of the latest of a series of videos prepared by NUPES, the Nucleo de Pesquisa em Espiritualidade e Saude (Group of Research in Spirituality and Health), which is part of the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Federal University of Juiz de Fora) in Brazil.
Alexandre Sech Junior
It is a short presentation by Alexandre Sech Junior, entitled “History and Philosophy of Scientific Research on Spirituality.” Alexandre, who I met in Brazil and with whom I have occasional correspondence, has an M.A. In Philosophy and is pursuing a doctoral degree at the Health Sciences Department of the Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil (UFJF). In addition, he is a researcher at NUPES. I discussed an article he published about William James in a previous blog.
The video focuses on the following questions: “Why study historical and philosophical aspects of spirituality? To what fields of knowledge does this type of research belong? How to investigate the History and Philosophy of Scientific Research on Spirituality? What can you tell us about spiritual experiences in history?”
Nancy Zingrone logged this into two new Playlists on our YouTube Channel, Parapsychology Online, one that will provide links to the English-language NUPES videos, and another one that will provide links to resources on history and philosophy of science videos that are relevant to the scientific study of psychic phenomena. “Alexander’s video is extremely good in this regard because it provides a clear definition not only of the interdisciplinary research being done at his university, but also because it provides definitions and a glimpse into the academic study of spirituality.”
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