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Kelly<br />Emily Williams Kelly<br />Adam Crabtree<br />Alan Gauld<br />Michael Grosso<br /><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Greyson" title="Bruce Greyson">Bruce Greyson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">2007 Rowman & Littlefield</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">800 pp.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780742547926" title="Special:BookSources/9780742547926">9780742547926</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century</b></i> is a 2007 <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychological</a> book by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Francis_Kelly" title="Edward Francis Kelly">Edward Francis Kelly</a>, Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gauld" title="Alan Gauld">Alan Gauld</a>, Michael Grosso, and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Greyson" title="Bruce Greyson">Bruce Greyson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KellyKelly2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KellyKelly2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It attempts to bridge contemporary <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_psychology" title="Cognitive psychology">cognitive psychology</a> and mainstream <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> with "rogue phenomena", which the authors argue exist in <a href="/wiki/Near-death_experience" title="Near-death experience">near-death experiences</a>, psychophysiological influence, automatism, memory, genius, and mystical states.<sup id="cite_ref-KellyKelly2007_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KellyKelly2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The authors' approach repudiates the conventional theory of <a href="/wiki/Human_consciousness" class="mw-redirect" title="Human consciousness">human consciousness</a> as a material epiphenomenon that can be fully explained in terms of physical brain processes and advances the mind as an entity independent of the brain or body. They advance an alternative "transmission" or "filter" theory of the mind-brain relationship. In doing so they explain how <a href="/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_dualism" title="Mind–body dualism">dualism</a> may be a more fundamental theory that rejects a materialistic perspective of consciousness. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authors">Authors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreducible_Mind&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Authors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The authorship of the book is diverse, with representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-alex_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is interdisciplinary in that the authors also come from various fields of psychology, science studies, and psychical research.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lead author Edward F. Kelly is Professor of Research in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia_School_of_Medicine" title="University of Virginia School of Medicine">University of Virginia School of Medicine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreducible_Mind&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book begins by presenting a brief overview of contemporary <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a> followed by a summary of the approach to scientific <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> proposed by <a href="/wiki/Frederic_W._H._Myers" title="Frederic W. H. Myers">Frederic W. H. Myers</a>. Myers (and <a href="/wiki/William_James" title="William James">William James</a>) posited that a "true science of mind should seriously take into account all kinds of human experiences before prematurely accepting a theory of mind". Kelly argues that modern psychology has continued, contrary to the advice by Myers and James, to ignore phenomena from <a href="/wiki/Psychical_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychical research">psychical research</a> and religious experience simply because they don't fit into the prevalent views of mind.<sup id="cite_ref-alex_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book endorses phenomena related to <a href="/wiki/Psychosomatic_medicine" title="Psychosomatic medicine">psychosomatic medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Placebo_effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Placebo effect">placebo effects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Near-death_experience" title="Near-death experience">near-death experiences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mystical experiences</a>, and creative genius, to argue for a "strongly dualistic theory of mind and brain".<sup id="cite_ref-mass_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Irreducible Mind</i> depicts the mind as an entity independent of the brain or body, with which it causally interacts and the death of which it survives.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book "challenges neuroscientific reductionism"<sup id="cite_ref-paul_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paul-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it argues that properties of minds cannot be fully explained by those of brains.<sup id="cite_ref-alex_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The book is broken into 9 sections followed by an introductory bibliography on <a href="/wiki/Psychical_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychical research">psychical research</a> and 100 pages of references. </p> <ul><li>Chapter 1: A View from the Mainstream: Contemporary Cognitive Neuroscience and the Consciousness Debates</li> <li>Chapter 2: F. W. H. Myers and the Empirical Study of the Mind-Body Problem</li> <li>Chapter 3: Psychophysiological Influence</li> <li>Chapter 4: Memory</li> <li>Chapter 5: Automatism and Secondary Centers of Consciousness</li> <li>Chapter 6: Unusual Experiences Near Death and Related Phenomena</li> <li>Chapter 7: Genius</li> <li>Chapter 8: Mystical Experience</li> <li>Chapter 9: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreducible_Mind&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Andreas Sommer writing in <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Mind_and_Behavior" title="Journal of Mind and Behavior">Journal of Mind and Behavior</a></i> after providing a complete review of the book content, praised the work for its thoroughness in addressing its multidisciplinary subject and "a constructively critical and genuinely scientific tone and spirit" maintained by the authors throughout the work. Sommer argued that "the book has the potential to serve as an invaluable guide for psychologists and other scholars who are aware of the increasing crisis and lack of orientation within modern academic psychology."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Critics Mitchell G. Ash, Horst Gundlach and Thomas Sturm negatively reviewed the book in <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Psychology" title="American Journal of Psychology">American Journal of Psychology</a></i> in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They objected to some inaccuracies and omissions in lead author Edward F. Kelly's representation of history of <a href="/wiki/Physicalism" title="Physicalism">physicalism</a>. They also objected to what they see as lack of specifications in Kelly's representation of the <a href="/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem" title="Mind–body problem">mind–body problem</a> that the book's authors claim to offer a solution to, some ambiguities in their proposed <a href="/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_dualism" title="Mind–body dualism">dualist</a> "receiver theory" of mind-brain interaction as well as ignoring plausible versions of the <a href="/wiki/Type_physicalism" title="Type physicalism">type identity theory</a> that they refute in their work. The critics also highlight what they see as the authors' failure to elaborately cite empirical evidences from alleged <a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a> phenomena to support their theory and instead referring readers for specifics of the evidence to the large bibliography of psychical literature listed in the book's appendix. They also pointed to the controversial nature of the <a href="/wiki/Psi_phenomena" class="mw-redirect" title="Psi phenomena">psi phenomena</a> and discounted the authors' references to them (such as <a href="/wiki/Near-death_experience" title="Near-death experience">near-death experiences</a>) on the ground that they are anecdotal.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a reply to the above negative review, lead author, Edward Francis Kelly, commented that "the empirical inadequacies of physicalism are evident whether one takes the evidence from psychical research seriously or not."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The critics, in their rejoinder, found an irony in Kelly's justification for the shortcomings that they perceived in the historical background of the work considering the authors' inclusion of a CD-ROM copy of the <a href="/wiki/Frederic_W._H._Myers#Human_Personality_and_Its_Survival_of_Bodily_Death" title="Frederic W. H. Myers"><i>Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death</i></a> by <a href="/wiki/Frederic_W._H._Myers" title="Frederic W. H. Myers">F.W.H. Myers</a> as a companion to the book as well as having "a long chapter (by Emily Kelly) on the history of psi and related research since the 19th century." They insisted that the authors' "broad and oversimplified" description of physicalism made it difficult to understand what specific doctrine is allegedly refuted by their empirical research.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clinical neurologist Sebastian Dieguez argued that the book is "painstakingly redundant, astoundingly arrogant in its claims and intents". He wrote that the authors of <i>Irreducible Mind</i> took reports of paranormal phenomena and wild claims at face value, utilized "quantum babble", and formed an ignorant "soul of the gaps" argument.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexander Moreira-Almeida, reviewing the book in the <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Nervous_and_Mental_Disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease">Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease</a></i>, praised the authors "for their courage and scholarship in dealing with such a controversial topic" and presenting thought-provoking ideas for the mind-body problem while stating that a wider transcultural scope and views by experts in philosophy of science would have been also useful.<sup id="cite_ref-alex_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paul Marshal, writing in <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Consciousness_Studies" title="Journal of Consciousness Studies">Journal of Consciousness Studies</a></i>, described the book a monumental work with far-reaching revolutionary ambitions, "a heavyweight intellectual contribution that will be indispensable to those interested in late 19th-century reactions to scientific naturalism, to investigators of anomalous experiences, and to students of consciousness studies on the lookout for stimulating data and ideas."<sup id="cite_ref-paul_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paul-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreducible_Mind&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Conscious_Mind" title="The Conscious Mind">The Conscious Mind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extrasensory_Perception_(book)" title="Extrasensory Perception (book)">Extra-Sensory Perception</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology:_Frontier_Science_of_the_Mind" title="Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind">Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Varieties_of_Anomalous_Experience" title="Varieties of Anomalous Experience">Varieties of Anomalous Experience</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreducible_Mind&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-KellyKelly2007-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KellyKelly2007_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KellyKelly2007_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdward_F._KellyEmily_Williams_KellyAdam_CrabtreeAlan_Gauld2007" class="citation book cs1">Edward F. Kelly; Emily Williams Kelly; Adam Crabtree; Alan Gauld; Michael Grosso; Bruce Greyson (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2oV61CeDx-YC"><i>Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century</i></a>. Rowman & Littlefield. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-4792-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-4792-6"><bdi>978-0-7425-4792-6</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Irreducible+Mind%3A+Toward+a+Psychology+for+the+21st+Century&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-7425-4792-6&rft.au=Edward+F.+Kelly&rft.au=Emily+Williams+Kelly&rft.au=Adam+Crabtree&rft.au=Alan+Gauld&rft.au=Michael+Grosso&rft.au=Bruce+Greyson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2oV61CeDx-YC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIrreducible+Mind" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-alex-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-alex_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alex_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alex_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alex_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander Moreira-Almeida. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoje.org.br/site/arq/artigos/Kelly_book_review_JNMD08.pdf">Book Review: Irreducible Mind</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101129192231/http://www.hoje.org.br/site/arq/artigos/Kelly_book_review_JNMD08.pdf">Archived</a> 2010-11-29 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Nervous_and_Mental_Disease" title="The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease">The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease</a></i>, Volume 196, Number 4, April 2008, pp. 345-346.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mass-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mass_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mass_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mass_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mass_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mass_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsh,_Mitchell_G;_Gundlach,_Horst;_Sturm,_Thomas2010" class="citation journal cs1">Ash, Mitchell G; Gundlach, Horst; Sturm, Thomas (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ia903405.us.archive.org/0/items/someitems/DisputeOverIrreducibleMind.pdf">"Reviewed Work: Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century by Edward F. Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosso, and Bruce Greyson"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The American Journal of Psychology</i>. <b>123</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">246–</span>250. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.5406%2Famerjpsyc.123.2.0246">10.5406/amerjpsyc.123.2.0246</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+American+Journal+of+Psychology&rft.atitle=Reviewed+Work%3A+Irreducible+Mind%3A+Toward+a+Psychology+for+the+21st+Century+by+Edward+F.+Kelly%2C+Emily+Williams+Kelly%2C+Adam+Crabtree%2C+Alan+Gauld%2C+Michael+Grosso%2C+and+Bruce+Greyson&rft.volume=123&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E246-%3C%2Fspan%3E250&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.5406%2Famerjpsyc.123.2.0246&rft.au=Ash%2C+Mitchell+G%3B+Gundlach%2C+Horst%3B+Sturm%2C+Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fia903405.us.archive.org%2F0%2Fitems%2Fsomeitems%2FDisputeOverIrreducibleMind.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIrreducible+Mind" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections/cspp/dops/staff/edbio-page">Edward Francis Kelly, Ph.D.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110704062129/http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections/cspp/dops/staff/edbio-page">Archived</a> 2011-07-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-paul-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-paul_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-paul_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Marshall. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.imprint.co.uk/pdf/14_11_books.pdf">Book Review: Irreducible Mind</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101123223952/http://imprint.co.uk/pdf/14_11_books.pdf">Archived</a> 2010-11-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Consciousness_Studies" title="Journal of Consciousness Studies">Journal of Consciousness Studies</a></i>, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2007, pp. 125-128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andreas Sommer. (2008). E. F. Kelly, E. W. Kelly, A. Crabtree, A. Gauld, M. Grosso, and B. Greyson: Irreducible Mind. Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century. <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Mind_and_Behavior" title="Journal of Mind and Behavior">Journal of Mind and Behavior</a></i>, 29, pp. 359-370.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward F. Kelly. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.1.0111?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents">Yes, Irreducible</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Psychology" title="American Journal of Psychology">American Journal of Psychology</a></i>, Volume 124, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 111-112.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mitchell G. Ash, Horst Gundlach, Thomas Sturm. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.1.0112">A Cross-Disciplinary Misunderstanding: Reply to Kelly</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Psychology" title="American Journal of Psychology">American Journal of Psychology</a></i>, Volume 124, Number 1, Spring 2011, p. 112</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dieguez, Sebastian. (2008). <i>The Soul of the Gaps</i>. (Review of Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century by Edward F. 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