Moving Beyond Materialism: Can Transpersonal Psychology Contribute to Cultural Transformation?

Taylor, Steve

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“…One potential reason why parapsychology studies are met with such intense criticism is that these studies challenge the materialist/physicalist stance that underlies the beliefs and practices of most mainstream scientists. Materialism and physicalism are models which hold that everything in the universe is ultimately physical, and that matter represents the ultimate nature of reality (Beauregard, Trent & Schwartz, 2018;Taylor, 2018) (for the sake of brevity, the word materialism will be used for the remainder of this article). Examples of materialist ideas are that atoms/sub-atomic particles and fields are the only components of our physical reality, and that phenomena such as consciousness are the direct result of brain activity.…”

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Bias in the evaluation of psychology studies: A comparison of parapsychology versus neuroscience

Butzer

2020

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Research suggests that scientists display confirmation biases with regard to the evaluation of research studies, in that they evaluate results as being stronger when a study confirms their prior expectations. These biases may influence the peer review process, particularly for studies that present controversial findings. The purpose of the current study was to compare academic psychologists' evaluation of a parapsychology study versus a neuroscience study. One hundred participants with a background in psychology were randomly assigned to read and evaluate one of two virtually identical study abstracts (50 participants per group). One of the abstracts described the findings as if they were from a parapsychology study, whereas the other abstract described the findings as if they were from a neuroscience study. The results revealed that participants rated the neuroscience abstract as having stronger findings and as being more valid and reliable than the parapsychology abstract, despite the fact that the two abstracts were identical. Participants also displayed confirmation bias in their ratings of the parapsychology abstract, in that their ratings were correlated with their scores on transcendentalism (a measure of beliefs and experiences related to parapsychology, consciousness and reality). Specifically, higher transcendentalism was associated with more favorable ratings of the parapsychology abstract, whereas lower transcendentalism was associated with less favorable ratings. The findings suggest that psychologists need to be vigilant about potential biases that could impact their evaluations of parapsychology research during the peer review process.

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“…Post-materialist perspectives suggest that the nature of reality might not be physical and that consciousness might be more fundamental than matter (Beauregard et al, 2018;Taylor, 2018).…”

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Bias in the evaluation of psychology studies: A comparison of parapsychology versus neuroscience

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2020

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“…As such, this essay is situated in the framework of participatory philosophy (Ferrer, 2002(Ferrer, , 2008(Ferrer, , 2017Ferrer & Sherman, 2008;Hartelius, 2019;Hartelius & Ferrer, 2013;Tarnas, 1991), which can be distinguished by, though not reduced to, two major features: (a) an ontology of open naturalism (Ferrer, 2002;Stroud, 2004) and (b) an enactive-participatory epistemology (Ferrer, 2002(Ferrer, , 2017. First, in contrast to a metaphysic of absolute separation, open naturalism is metaphysically pluralistic (Alderman, 2012) and recognizes the inescapability of presuppositional metaphysical postulates (Harman, 1991;Schneider & House, 2020;Taylor, 2017aTaylor, , 2017bWalach, 2019;Watts, 1966Watts, /1989. While open naturalism has yet to be explored widely in the psychological literature, it is vital to understanding the material ahead, for it provides an agnostic container for a heterogeneous continuum of metaphysical assumptions and ontological enactments.…”

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Participating in Paradox: An Integrative Framework

Wheeler

2020

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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Drawing from Alan Watts’s philosophy of paradox, this essay aims to articulate an integrative framework of ontological paradox (i.e., that all aspects of existence feature distinct and integral dimensions). The metaphysical tenet of separation, which undergirds scientific materialism and denies humanity’s embedded place in the world, is merely one pattern of participating in such a paradox. What then are the different types of ways, beyond a materialistic ontology, in which individuals can relate to and participate in the ever-evolving whole of existence (and whole of themselves)? Spanning the fields of philosophy, science, psychology, religion, and mysticism, this integrative inquiry seeks to reconcile and synthesize a broad range of orientations to ontological paradox into a greater frame of reference. The result is the limb and pillar matrix. Providing an alienation-integration spectrum that applies to both internal/micro paradox (i.e., the relation of one’s self to oneself) and external/macro paradox (i.e., the relation of self to the cosmic whole), the limb and pillar matrix consists of five key questions or “pillars” and seven “limbs” or patterns of participating in paradox. The pillars of paradox relate to (a) the existence and (b) resolvability of ontological paradox, as well as (c) access, (d) progressive resolution, and (e) stabilization of resolution (i.e., full integration). The limbs of paradox establish seven multivalent participatory patterns: ignorance, denial, deferment, bypass, transcendence, resolution, and dissolution.

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Moving Beyond Materialism: Can Transpersonal Psychology Contribute to Cultural Transformation?

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Bias in the evaluation of psychology studies: A comparison of parapsychology versus neuroscience

Bias in the evaluation of psychology studies: A comparison of parapsychology versus neuroscience

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