Consciousness

Submitted in fulfillment of the independent study in Philosophy of Education in the Graduate School of the University of Maine, Portland, Gorham.

A lilting novelty song in 6/8 by Dr. Tanous about a Dutchman named Johnny Verbeck, who meets an untimely end inside his newly-invented sausage grinder.

A complex set of phenomena associated with near-death states seems at first glance to clash with the scientifically orthodox view of death as extinction. Scientists investigating these phenomena refer to them collectively as near-death experiences (NDEs).

Transcripts of 18 interviews conducted by Professor Fred M. Frohock, Researcher, who worked on a collection of oral history of the life of Dr. Alexander Tanous.