Alan Wallace is a prominent voice in the emerging discussion between contemporary Buddhist thinkers and scientists who question the materialist presumptions of their 20th-century paradigms. He left his 
college studies in 1971 and moved to Dharamsala, India to study Tibetan Buddhism, medicine and language. He was ordained by H.H. the Dalai Lama, and over fourteen years as a monk he studied with and translated for several of the generation’s greatest lamas. In 1984 he resumed his Western education at Amherst College where he studied physics and the philosophy of science. He then applied that background to his PhD research at Stanford on the interface between Buddhism and Western science and philosophy. Since 1987 he has been a frequent translator and contributor to meetings between the Dalai Lama and prominent scientists, and he has written and translated more than 40 books. Along with his scholarly work, Alan is regarded as one of the West’s preeminent meditation teachers and retreat guides. He is the founder and director of the Santa Barbara Institute for Conscious Studies and is the motivating force behind the develop of the Center for Contemplative Research in Tuscany, Italy.
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What Constitutes Compelling Evidence and for Whom?
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What Constitutes Compelling Evidence and for Whom? – B. Alan Wallace
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- Prof Dr Harald Walach (Germany and Poland), Professor, Medical University Poznan, Lecturer and Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University Witten-Herdecke
- David Lorimer (France), Programme Director SMN
- Richard Irwin (UK), Director SMN
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Dr Eben Alexander III (US), neurosurgeon and author
Prof Chris Bache (US), philosopher, Youngstown State University
Anne Baring (UK), Jungian analyst and author
Prof Imants Baruss (Canada), psychologist, King’s University College
Dr Vasileios Basios (Belgium), physicist, Free University of Brussels
Dr Mario Beauregard, (US), neuroscientist, University of Arizona
Prof Carl Becker (Japan), social scientist, Kyoto University
M.D. Laurin Bellg (US), ICU physician
Dr Daniel Benor (US), physician, doctor-healer network
Dr Edi Bilimoria (UK), consultant engineer and author
Dr Arie Bos (Netherlands), physician and philosopher of science, University of Utrecht
Emilios Bouratinos (Greece), philosopher, author of “Science, Objectivity and Consciousness”
Prof Stephen Braude (US), philosopher, University of Maryland
Prof Etzel Cardeña (Sweden), psychologist, University of Lund
Prof Bernard Carr (UK), physicist and cosmologist, Queen Mary College, University of London
Dr Deepak Chopra (US), physician, author
Prof. John Clarke (UK), historian of ideas, Kingston University
Dr Apela Colorado (Canada), systems and indigenous scientist
Dr Jude Currivan (UK), cosmologist, healer and author
Prof Christian de Quincey (US), philosopher, The Wisdom Academy, formerly JFK University
Dr Larry Dossey (US), physician, Executive Editor: Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Brenda Dunne (US), PEAR Lab, Princeton
Duane Elgin (US), writer and futurist
Dr Peter Fenwick (UK), neuropsychiatrist, University of London
Prof Jorge Ferrer (US), psychologist, California Institute for Integral Studies
Dr Paul Filmore (UK), physicist, University of Plymouth
Dr David Greenwood (UK), engineer, Alister Hardy Trust
M.D. Bruce Greyson (US), neuropsychiatrist, University of Virginia
M.D. Stan Grof (US), psychiatrist, California Institute for Integral Studies
Dr Neal Grossman (US), philosopher, University of Illinois
Dr Michael Grosso (US), philosopher, Jersey College, New York
Nicholas Hagger (UK), philosopher, mystic and cultural historian
Paul Hague (Sweden), systems architect and author
Prof Stuart Hameroff (US), neuroscientist, University of Arizona
John Hands (UK), philosopher of science and author of Cosmo Sapiens
Dr Stephan Harding (UK) biologist, Schumacher College
Prof Janice Holden (US), psychologist, University of North Texas
Prof Ed Kelly (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Dr Emily Williams Kelly (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Paul Kieniewicz (Poland), physicist and geologist
Prof Stanley Krippner (US), psychologist, Saybrook Institute
Dr Les Lancaster (UK), Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Ervin Laszlo (Italy), systems theorist and President of the Club of Budapest
Prof Martin Lockley (US), palaeontologist, University of Denver
Dr Andrew Lohrey (Australia), philosopher and author
Dr Pim van Lommel (Netherlands), cardiologist
Dr Paul Marshall (UK), philosopher, co-editor of ‘Beyond Physicalism’
Nicholas Maxwell (UK), philosopher of science, University College London
Dr Iain McGilchrist (UK), neuropsychiatrist and philosopher
Dr Lisa Miller (US), psychologist, University of Columbia
Dr Julia Mossbridge (US), cognitive neuroscientist and futurist, Fellow, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Prof AK Mukhopadhyay (India), physician and consciousness researcher, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr Jeremy Naydler (UK), philosopher and historian of ideas
Dr Roger Nelson (US), psychologist, Global Consciousness Project
Prof Kim Penberthy (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Dr Andrew Powell (UK), psychiatrist, Founding Chair of Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Interest Group
Prof John Poynton (South Africa), zoologist, University of Natal
Prof Dean Radin, (US), parapsychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Prof K. Ramakrishna Rao (India), psychologist, philosopher and parapsychologist Chair, Indian Council for Philosophical Research and former Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
Prof Ravi Ravindra (Canada), physicist, University of Halifax
Dr Alan Rayner (UK), biologist, University of Bath
Prof Peter Reason (UK), social scientist, University of Bath
Dr John Reed (US), physician, editor, World Institute of Scientific Exploration Journal
Prof Kenneth Ring (US), psychologist, University of Connecticut
Dr Oliver Robinson, (UK), psychologist, University of Greenwich
Prof Chris Roe (UK), psychologist, University of Northampton
Peter Russell (US), physicist, author
Dr Shantena Sabbadini (Spain), physicist, Pari Center and Schumacher College
Dr Marilyn Schlitz (US), anthropologist, parapsychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dr Gary Schwartz (US), neuropsychiatrist, University of Arizona
Stephan Schwartz (US), scientist, futurist, historian
Julie Soskin (UK) M. Phil. Author, Intuitive and Psycho-Spiritual Facilitator
Prof Richard Tarnas (US), philosopher, California Institute for Integral Studies
Prof Charles Tart (US), psychologist, parapsychologist, UC Davis
Dr Steve Taylor (UK), psychologist, Leeds Beckett University, author
Hardin Tibbs (UK), futurist
Dr Natalie Tobert (UK), medical anthropologist
Prof Max Velmans (UK), psychologist, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Cassandra Vieten (US), psychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dr Alan Wallace (US), physicist and Tibetan monk, Santa Barbara Institute
Dr Joan Walton (UK), consciousness researcher, York St John University
Prof Marjory Hines Woollacott, (US), neuroscientist, University of Oregon
Dr Michael Wride (Ireland), biologist, Trinity College, Dublin
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