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Author:   Michael A. Thalbourne ,  Lance Storm
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780786419388

ISBN 10:   0786419385
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   06 January 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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     

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wonderful book...useful --<i>Journal of Scientific Exploration</i>; valuable...recommend[ed]...as essential reading --<i>Australian Journal of Parapsychology.</i>

Author Information

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.

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