Author : Richard Broughton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 1992-03
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : 9780712652933
Discussing all aspects of the subject of parapsychology, this book describes the debates about the validity of paranormal experiences, distinguishes between what is "known" and what is speculation in each field and discusses research from India and Russia. Case histories are included.
Author : Emily W. Cook
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 1994-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780810828278
This volume contains abbreviated versions of 26 original papers presented at the convention, on such topics as apparitions, poltergeists, mediumship, experimental PK studies, personality and ESP, defensiveness and ESP, ESP training techniques, displacement in ESP experiments, the relationship between belief in psi and observation, marijuana and psi, and some statistical, methodological, and theoretical issues. In addition, the volume contains abbreviated versions of 4 symposium papers on the history of parapsychology in northern Europe, of 5 contributions to a panel discussion on the legacy of Louisa E. Rhine, and of 7 poster papers, as well as the full text of an invited address by Suitbert Ertel, entitled 'Testing Sheldrake's Claim of Morphogenetic Fields, ' and the Presidential Address by Stephen E. Braude, entitled 'Psi and the Nature of Abilities.
Author : Emily Williams Cook
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 1994-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780810828278
This volume contains abbreviated versions of 26 original papers presented at the convention.
Author : K. Ramakrishna Rao
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1476626308
This expanded and revised text includes thirteen experimental reports (five new to this edition) and seven review articles involving meta-analysis and the assessment of evidence in specific areas of psi research. The author provides a representative sample of the extensive literature in the controversial field of parapsychology and presents a few basic experiments illustrating various procedures and broadly reflecting the major trends of psi research. Possible experimental procedures, cumulative evidence showing the replicability of individual experiments, and promising areas of psi research are also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Jesse Hong Xiong
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0761849459
This is a work of "systematic parapsychology." The book aims to construct a framework and system of parapsychology, taking a comprehensive approach to the field. The Outline of Parapsychology states that parapsychology has a different philosophical background from the existing science and religions, and posits that pantheism could be the theoretical basis of parapsychology. The book also integrates parapsychology with oriental philosophies and New Age movement thought.
Author : Caroline Watt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1351912828
Many people believe that they have experienced paranormal phenomena and others claim to possess psychic abilities. For the past hundred years or so, researchers have undertaken systematic and scientific work into these alleged experiences and abilities. This collection of articles provides readers with a general sense of the methods used in this research, the findings that have been obtained and the controversies generated by this work. They cover a wide range of issues, including the psychology of paranormal belief, investigations into ghosts and hauntings, laboratory research into extra-sensory perception and psychokinesis, and controlled tests of psychics and mediums. An introductory essay sets each of the selected papers in context and provides additional references for those wishing to delve deeper into the issues surrounding each of the areas covered.
Author : Etzel Cardeña
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2015-07-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1476621055
Many people have experienced such unusual phenomena as dreams that later seem to correspond with unforeseeable events, thinking of a long-lost friend just before he or she unexpectedly calls, or the ability to "feel" the presence of deceased loved ones. What many do not realize is that these types of experiences have been researched for more than a century by eminent scientists, including Nobel laureates. Most of these researchers have concluded that some of these phenomena do occur, although we are far from explaining them to everyone's satisfaction. This book is the first in almost 40 years to provide a comprehensive scientific overview of research in the field of parapsychology, explaining what we know and don't know about so-called psi phenomena, such as "telepathy," "precognition" or "psychokinesis." Contributors evaluate the evidence for these phenomena, accounting for factors such as selective memory, wish fulfillment and incorrect methods or analyses, in some cases offering psychological, physical and biological theories. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : K. Ramakrishna Rao
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 14,74 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1476631204
Psychic phenomena, recorded throughout human history, remained a mystery or a matter of faith rather than a subject of serious study until scientists began to investigate them roughly a century and a half ago. Systematic experimentation began with the work of J.B. Rhine at Duke University, resulting in the publication of Extra-Sensory Perception (1934) followed by Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years (1940). Rhine and researchers who came after him struggled to present sufficient evidence to gain scientific credibility for the existence of extrasensory abilities. Yet despite tight experimental controls and numerous significant results the subject remains controversial. Parapsychologists argue that the impasse is not due to a lack of evidence but to the challenge their claims pose to the worldview of science in general. This comprehensive overview of the discipline of parapsychology, written by one of its most notable investigators, offers the reader a full understanding of both its concepts, theories and methods, and its controversies, problems and prospects.
Author : Harvey J. Irwin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 2007-03-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0786430591
This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of our highly acclaimed university textbook on the science of parapsychology. The objective of this book is to provide an introductory survey of parapsychologists' efforts to explore the authenticity and bases of anomalous, apparently paranormal phenomena. It outlines the origins of parapsychological research and critically reviews investigations of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, poltergeist phenomena, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and the evaluation of parapsychology as a scientific enterprise. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Fiona Steinkamp
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1476621802
John Beloff is one of our foremost authorities in parapsychology. He is credited with an instrumental role in the acceptance of parapsychology into academia. On April 21 and 22, 2000, a two-day international conference was held by the Koestler Parapsychology Unit of the Psychology Department at the University of Edinburgh to celebrate Beloff's eightieth birthday. Most of the essays in this work were presented at this conference honoring John Beloff. All of the contributors have published a number of articles in mainstream philosophy and their essays promote Beloff's greatest interest--a philosophical interaction with parapsychology. The book is divided into three sections and each section has three papers. The papers in the first section, "Parapsychology, Philosophy and the Mind," explore "the mind-brain problem," parapsychology and the principle of closure, and a cross-cultural perspective on dualism and the self. The second section, "Parapsychology, Self and Survival," looks at parapsychological phenomena and the sense of self, chrysalid therapy, and the problem of super psi. The third section, "Parapsychology, Religion and Spirituality," features papers that discuss parapsychology and how it relates to Hume's view of miracles, to religion, and to the origin of the Copernican hypothesis.
