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ICRL is an international, interdisciplinary, and inter-generational consortium of some 75 members, most of whom have been associated with the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory as interns or research collaborators over its thirty-year history. Our goal is to extend the work of PEAR into a broader range of inquiry; to encourage a new generation of deeply creative investigators to expand the boundaries of scientific understanding; and to strengthen the foundations of science by reclaiming its spiritual heritage. Ultimately, we seek to integrate the subjective and objective dimensions of human experience into a self-reflexive Science of the Subjective.
This mission is pursued via collaborative initiatives in Basic Research, Educational Outreach, and Pragmatic Applications, all of which focus on the exploration and representation of the role of consciousness in physical reality. These are described in some detail on the Activities pages that follow. ICRL thereby serves as the coordinating hub of a diverse, yet unified community of participants bringing many varied skills and backgrounds to a shared vision for the future. For example, ICRL staff advise some research activities of Psyleron, Inc - an emerging technology company providing consciousness-related research tools, such as random event generators.
Initiated in 1990 by the founders of the PEAR laboratory, in its early years our organization functioned as a small informal consortium of colleagues from several countries and diverse professional backgrounds who met regularly to explore their shared interests in consciousness-related phenomena. In 1996 ICRL was formally incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public foundation, under the direction of a distinguished Board of Trustees. Since then it has gradually expanded to include a broader network of scholars, currently representing some 20 different countries and a comparable number of academic and professional backgrounds.
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Filters and Reflections: Perspectives on Reality
Edited by Zachary Jones, Brenda Dunne, Elissa Hoeger, and Robert Jahn.
This new book is a series of essays related and responding to the PEAR laboratory publication, “Sensors, Filters, and the Source of Reality." This anthology presents an assortment of perspectives on how consciousness creates its experiential reality through an array of subjective “filters” by which “we endeavor to infer, either intuitively or analytically, composite functional models of our world and of ourselves.” Taken together, the individual contributions serve as an array of lenses that amplify the seminal essay. Click HERE to view a full Table of Contents and Summary
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Order "The PEAR Proposition" DVD/CD Set:
A
multi-DVD/CD set entitled “The PEAR Proposition,” sponsored by ICRL and
produced by Aaron Michels of Strip Mind Media, can be ordered on-line
from this site. This educational collection is a major element in the
archival representation of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research
program as it concluded its 28-year tenure at Princeton University.
The DVDs offer the viewer a synopsis of the program’s history; a
virtual tour of the PEAR laboratory; four lectures by Bob Jahn;
informal commentaries by staff members, interns, operators, and
friends; an assortment of downloadable PEAR publications; and sundry
interstitial material that attempts to capture the spirit and substance
of the PEAR enterprise. The CD records a conversation between Bob Jahn
and Brenda Dunne in which they talk about the interpersonal dynamics
that have characterized the program, and share their perspectives on
the interpretations and implications of its research results.
The cost of this set is $50 (USD), plus $12 for shipping and handling
(second-day courier). To place an order, click on the “Buy Now” button
below.
NEW! ICRL-PEAR Webcourse: Consciousness and the Physical World
Consciousness and the Physical World is dedicated to the development of collaborative resources for teaching and learning about consciousness.
The first course that we have developed is based on the work of the PEAR lab (cache). We have put this course material
together, and we are making it freely available, in order to provide a
concise introduction to the research of the PEAR lab and foundational
research of the emerging Science of the Subjective.
The course is organized for students unfamiliar with these topics but
it also contains much detailed material and links to current research
so that an advanced student will also find much of value. Like a
university course, it assumes a certain level of background education.
In this case, some understanding of the scientific method and
statistical analysis will be assumed. http://www.consciousness-studies.org
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