I was wondering whether to bring up Ian Stevenson (and his
collaborators and successors, including Jim Tucker) and had decided
not to, but now that his name has been mentioned, I feel it must be
said in the interest of fairness that there is no consensus opinion
that his work was flawed (and I personally consider it hugely
impressive). But this is a very ideologized topic, as others have
pointed out (pace Dominik). As philosopher Stephen Braude
put it when describing his interest in so-called paranormal
phenomena (a misnomer, in my view): I had enough sense to put it
all aside until I completed my Ph.D., landed a teaching job, did
some respectable mainstream philosophy, and earned tenure. (I may
be crazy, but I'm not stupid.)
Although not relating to Indology, and only indirectly to
reincarnation, the 800-page Irreducible Mind (eds. Kelly
& Kelly et al., 2008) may be found relevant by list members
interested in the philosophical (and empirical) issues at stake
here.
Best wishes,
Martin Gansten