“We believe that the sciences are being constricted by dogmatism, and in particular by a subservience to the philosophy of materialism, the doctrine that matter is the only reality and that the mind is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. We believe that the sciences would be more scientific if they were free to investigate the natural world in a truly open way – without the constraints of materialism and the prejudice of dogma – while adhering to the scientific methods of data collecting, hypothesis testing and critical discussion.” – From: The Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science / 18 paragraphs
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Manifesto Authors
This manifesto was born out of the Summit on Post-materialist Science held at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona, February 2014, convened by Gary Schwartz, Mario Beauregard and Lisa Miller. The eight participants in the summit are the founders of the Campaign for Open Science.
Mario Beauregard, PhD; Neuroscience of Consciousness
Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health, Dept of Psychology, University of Arizona; USA
Author of The Spiritual Brain and Brain WarsLarry Dossey, MD; Internal Medicine
Independent Scholar and Executive Editor, Explore
Author of Recovering the Soul; USALisa Jane Miller, PhD; Clinical Psychology
Editor, Oxford Handbook of Psychology & Spirituality, Editor-in-Chief, Spirituality in Clinical Practice
Professor & Director, Spirituality & Mind Body Institute, Columbia University; USAAlexander Moreira-Almeida, MD; PhD; Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Founder & Director, Research Center in Spirituality and Health; BrazilMarilyn Schlitz, PhD; Social Anthropology
Founder & CEO, Worldview Enterprises
President Emeritus & Senior Fellow, Institute of Noetic Sciences; USAGary Schwartz, PhD; Psychology, Neurology, Psychiatry & Surgery
Professor, University of Arizona
Director, Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health; USARupert Sheldrake, PhD; Biochemistry, Developmental Biology, Consciousness Studies
Fellow, Institute of Noetic Sciences; Fellow, Schumacher College
Author of A New Science of Life; UKCharles T Tart, PhD; Transpersonal Psychology
Core Faculty Member, Sofia University
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of California; USA
