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Abstract
This paper addresses the nature of sensed-presence experiences that are commonplace among the bereaved and occur cross-culturally. Although these experiences are often labelled bereavement hallucinations, it is unclear what they consist of. Some seem to involve sensory experiences in one or more modalities, while others involve a non-specific feeling or sense of presence. I focus on a puzzle concerning the latter: it is unclear how an experience of someone’s presence could arise without a more specific sensory content. I suggest that at least some of these experiences consist in a dynamic and non-localized experience of significant and salient possibilities. This can amount to the sense of currently relating to a particular individual and, by implication, a sense of that person’s presence. Where an experience of this kind also includes sensory qualities, they are inessential to the sense of relatedness and perhaps symptomatic of it.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences |
Volume | 0 |
Early online date | 24 Mar 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 24 Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Projects
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Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience
Ratcliffe, M. J. & Richardson, L. F.
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project (funded) › Research