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OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS TO SWEDENBORG'S WRITINGS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC DUALISM

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Leon James*
Copyright 1998 Leon James

Contents

Introduction
Scientific Revelations
Spiritual Revelations
How Swedenborg Has Been Portrayed
Evaluating Swedenborg
Resistance to Swedenborg
Is Swedenborg's Dualism Scientific?
The Six Minimal Premises of Dualist Science
      1. The existence of the dual sun
      2. The existence of vertical degrees
      3. The existence of influx
      4. The existence of vertical community
      5. No function without substance or the dualist methodology
      6. All phenomena are human
Extracting Dualist Concepts From Swedenborg's Writings
It is Not Known Revealed
Scientific Puzzles For Dualist Science
Conclusion
References
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* Dr. Leon James is Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii. His research and publications since 1960 have been in the area of behaviorism, psycholinguistics, driving psychology, and language learning. Finding Swedenborg's theological works in 1980, he has since then been integrating ideas from them into the science of psychology, developing new concepts in doing so. Articles on his research are accessible at: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/leon.html. He welcomes email at: leon@hawaii.edu. Mailing address: 744 Pahumele Place, Kailua, HI 96734.

The New Philosophy is a publication of the Swedenborg Scientific Association
Incorporated October 20, 1906

This association was organized on May 27, 1898, for the preservation, translation, publication, and distribution of the scientific and philosophical works of Emanuel Swedenborg, and for the promotion of the principles taught in them, having in view likewise their relation to the science and philosophy of the present day.

The views expressed by authors are not necessarily those held by the Editor or the Editorial Board

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 06-37082
ISSN 0028-6443