| Description |
xxix, 483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 464-478. |
| Contents |
Section 1. Psi and psychology: Relevance of physical research to philosophy / C.D. Broad -- Philosophical importance of "psychic phenomena" / C.J. Ducasse -- Frontiers of psychology: psychoanalysis and parapsychology / Michael Scriven -- Strange facts in search of a theory / C.W.K. Mundle -- Section 2. Pi and cognition: Some philosophical questions about telepathy and clairvoyance / H.H. Price -- Telepathic awareness of another's feelings / I. Thalberg -- A note on telepathy / Peter Swiggart -- Knowledge, empiricism, and ESP / James M.O. Wheatley -- ESP and memory / W.G. Roll -- Section 3. Psi and precognition: Knowing the future / C.J. Ducasse -- Philosophical implications of foreknowledge / C.D. Broad -- A theory of the relation of causality to precognition / C.J. Ducasse -- Magicians, alarm clocks, and backward causation / Bob Brier -- Section 4. Psi and survival: Question of survival: some logical reflections / James M.O. Wheatley -- Mediumship and human survival / H.H. Price -- How stands the case for the reality of survival / C.J. Ducasse -- Survival, reincarnation, and the problem of personal identity / G.C. Nayak -- Survival and disembodied existence / Terence Penelhum -- Is there a case for disembodied survival? / Antony Flew -- Personal identity and survival / C.D. Broad -- Section 5. Psi and science: Parapsychology and its neighbors / John Beloff -- Are there any solid facts in psychical research? / Gardner Murphy -- Compatibility of science and ESP / Paul E. Meehl and Michael Scriven -- To reconcile psi and physics / Rémy Chauvin -- Science and the problem of psi / Kenneth L. Shewmaker and Carlton W. Berenda -- Individual realities: commonsense, science, and mysticism / Lawrence LeShan -- States of consciousness and state-specific sciences / Charles T. Tart. |
| Subject |
Parapsychology.
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Parapsychology. |
| Added Author |
Edge, Hoyt L.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Wheatley, James M. O. Philosophical dimensions of parapsychology. Springfield, Ill., C.C. Thomas c1976 (OCoLC)631644479 |
| ISBN |
0398033110 |
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9780398033118 |
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