Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science
Mario Beauregard, Gary E. Schwartz, Lisa Miller, Larry Dossey, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marilyn Schlitz, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles Tart
EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, Vol. 10, No. 5
Summary
Eight senior scientists — including Rupert Sheldrake and Charles Tart — call for a paradigm expansion beyond scientific materialism, produced from the 2014 Canyon Ranch Summit on Post-Materialist Science. This is the primary citable document for the post-materialist science movement: the foundational text on which `kastrup-2017-analytic-idealism` and the broader consciousness research thread in the catalog build. Published in EXPLORE, a peer-reviewed Elsevier journal at the intersection of science and integrative medicine. Adds `beauregard-2014-post-materialist` as the first notable paper for the Galileo Commission and a third paper for the Center for Consciousness Studies.
Abstract
The purpose of this Manifesto is to outline a post-materialist paradigm for science and the academy. We believe that the sciences and the academic disciplines would benefit greatly from adopting a post-materialist framework and that such a framework is necessary for a proper understanding of the nature of mind and its relationship to matter. We also believe that a post-materialist framework has far-reaching implications for the ways in which we structure our society, and that a failure to move beyond a defunct materialism will prevent us from reaching our highest potential as individual persons and as a civilization.
Citation
Mario Beauregard, Gary E. Schwartz, Lisa Miller, Larry Dossey, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marilyn Schlitz, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles Tart. (2014). EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. Vol. 10. No. 5. DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2014.06.008
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