By now, parapsychology should have become an accepted scientific field of research. However, there is great resistance to parapsychological research despite the strength of evidence in favor of conducting it.
This collection of essays focuses on the future of the psychical research field. One essay speculates about a kind of future when psychic phenomena are studied in every university. Another identifies 10 areas of potential difficulty facing parapsychology. Other essays indicate areas where conclusions may need re-examination and refinement and presents possibilities for innovative approaches to future study. Some of the areas of study covered include altered states of consciousness, ESP, Meta-Analysis, the theory of psychopraxia, and sociological and phenomenological issues.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"wonderful book...useful"-Journal of Scientific Exploration; "valuable...recommend[ed]...as essential reading"-Australian Journal of Parapsychology.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
photos, tables, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-1938-8 (9780786419388)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The late Michael A. Thalbourne worked in the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. Lance Storm works in the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide in South Australia.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
I. GENERAL ISSUES
1. What's Ahead?
2. Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century
3. The Farther Reaches of Psi Research: Future Choices and Possibilities
II. EXPERIMENTAL ISSUES
4. Psi and Altered States of Consciousness
5. The Ball Drawing Test: Psi From Untrodden Ground
6. Forced-Choice ESP Experiments: Their Past and Their Future
III. THEORETICAL ISSUES
7. The Future of Psi Research: Recommendations in Retrospect
8. The Theory of Psychopraxia: A Paradigm for the Future?
9. A Critique of the Theory of Psychopraxia
10. Tackling the Mind-Matter Problem from a Consciousness Perspective
11. Subjective Anomalous Events: Perspectives for the Future, Voices from the Past
IV. SOCIOLOGICAL AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL ISSUES
12. A Socioempirical Perspective on Skepticism about Psi
13. Language and the Study of Parapsychological Phenomena
14. The Ritual Healing Theory: Hypotheses for Psychical Research
15. Experiential Research: Unveiling Psi Through Phenomenological Enquiry
About the Contributors
Index
