Emily Williams Kelly (PhD University of Edinburgh) is research assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, at the University of Virginia.

• IntroductionGeneral Introduction (Emily Williams Kelly)1. “Some of My Journeys in Medicine” (1989)Part 1: New Ideas in ScienceIntroduction (Emily Williams Kelly)2. “Scientists with Half-Closed Minds” (1958)3. “What Are the Irreducible Components of the Scientific Enterprise?” (1999)Part 2: The Nature of Human PersonalityIntroduction (Emily Williams Kelly)4. “Why Medicine is Not a Science” (1949)5. Excerpts from “The End of Patient Abuse in Medical Care” (1985)6. Excerpts from “Psychosomatic Medicine. Part I. What We Know about Illness and the Emotions” (1954)7. “Bodily Changes Corresponding to Mental Images in the Person Affected” (1997)8. “Bodily Changes Corresponding to Another Person’s Mental Images” (1997)9. Excerpts from “Comments on the Psychological Effects of Mescaline and Allied Drugs” (1957)10. Excerpts from “Can We Describe the Mind?” (1980)Part 3: Psychical Research - Principles and MethodsIntroduction (Emily Williams Kelly

The growing research on the whole expanse of human experience owes a big debt of gratitude to Stevenson’s lifelong, conscientious work. Readers interested in the many questions addressed by Stevenson will benefit from his very considerable knowledge and insights, but I would also recommend the book to graduate students in psychology and related areas, to counter the notion that the only way to increase our knowledge of the human condition is by tackling easy problems in a laboratory setting. Emily Williams Kelly has reminded us of Stevenson’s important contributions and of the challenges still facing those willing to research all of human experience