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Alexander Batthyany

Disciplines:
philosophy
consciousness
near-death experiences
psychology/viktor frankl

Summary

Austrian philosopher at Liechtenstein University who studies consciousness, near-death experiences, and Viktor Frankl's logotherapy — co-edited The Self Does Not Die (anthology of veridical NDE cases) and works at the intersection of philosophy of mind and existential psychology.

Core Contribution

Provides philosophical analysis of NDE evidence — arguing that veridical perceptions during clinical death constitute genuine philosophical challenges to physicalist theories of consciousness — and connects the NDE evidence to Frankl's meaning-based psychology.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Self Does Not Die

Perception, Consciousness, and Reality

Historical Influences

Viktor Frankl NDE research

Intellectual Lineage

Vienna Liechtenstein

Contemporaries & Peers

Bruce Greyson Jim Tucker

Minds Influenced

Consciousness studies Jonathan Bi

Intellectual Posterity

The Self Does Not Die

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