A New Science Of The Paranormal

Author : Lawrence LeShan
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780835630535

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A New Science of the Paranormal by Lawrence LeShan Pdf

Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don’t rely on laboratory testing for repeatable results. Moreover, psi concerns consciousness, which is by definition nonquantitative. "Psi researchers must stop acting like science’s poor relations," says author Lawrence LaShan, "limiting themselves to controlled experiments such as analyzing statistics of people guessing cards being flipped in the next room" This provocative book outlines the principles of making a real study of the large, exciting events — clairvoyance and precognition; mediumship and spirit controls; psychic healing — that would bring mainline science into and revitalize the whole field. "And the issue is not just academic," says LeShan. "The old, materialistic worldview has not worked. Psychic research," he argues, "can transform our sense of reality itself to offer a new and more hopeful picture of ourselves and of the world."

Author : David J. Hess
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0299138240

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Science in the New Age by David J. Hess Pdf

Hess examines the arguments of people who accept the paranormal as part of a spiritual quest, parapsychologists who are seeking scientific explanations for a narrow range of paranormal phenomena, and skeptics who pooh-pooh the very notion. He finds that, despite their disagreements, they are forging a shared culture. Written for the nonspecialist. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : George Ogden Abell,Barry Singer
Publisher : Scribner Paper Fiction
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Ciencia
ISBN : PSU:000014238314

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Science and the Paranormal by George Ogden Abell,Barry Singer Pdf

Author : Kendrick Frazier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781633889651

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Science Confronts the Paranormal by Kendrick Frazier Pdf

A Gallop poll surveyed 506 American teenagers, aged 13 to 18 and discovered the following:- 69% believe in angels - 59% believe in ESP- 55% believe in astrology - 28% believe in clairvoyance- 24% believe in Bigfoot - 22% believe in witchcraft- 20% believe in ghosts - 18% believe in the Loch Ness MonsterCarl Sagan has said that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed and imagined mysteries of fringe science. Yet, as statistics show, the paranormal is still an endless source of fascination for people around the world.This collection of critical essays and investigative reports examines virtually every area of fringe science and the paranormal from a refreshingly scientific and clear-minded viewpoint. The authors are noted scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and writers. All bring to the task a determination to sift sense from nonsense and fact from fiction in an area notorious for misinformation, misperception, self-delusion, and wishful thinking. They do so in a way that highlights the differences between real science and pseudoscience. They've made special efforts first to find the actual facts behind numerous claims that have popular appeal, and then to explain and communicate what scientific investigation and reasoning reveal about them. Subjects treated to incisive and entertaining examination include astrology, ESP, psychic detectives, psychic predictions, parapsychology, remote-viewing, UFOs, creationism, the Shroud of Turin, coincidences, cult archaeology, palmistry and fringe medicine.There are also explorations of the implications of paranormal beliefs for science education.

Author : Claude Swanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Coincidence
ISBN : 0974526126

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The Synchronized Universe by Claude Swanson Pdf

Author : Marie D. Jones
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781435851795

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Modern Science and the Paranormal by Marie D. Jones Pdf

This book uses scientific theory to explain some of the extrascientific phenomena such as UFOs and poltergeists.

Author : Arthur J. Ellison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : 0863153682

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Science and the Paranormal by Arthur J. Ellison Pdf

--Facts, not fiction: the case for the paranormal. Changing the way we look at the universe is not an easy accomplishment, and requires a true openness to exploration and experiment. Professor Ellison suggests that most of us are conditioned by our Western science-based education to think that the universe is much simpler and "material" than it really is. He argues that we should recognize the limits of the current scientific worldview which fails to account for genuine paranormal experiences, including phenomena such as out-of-body experiences (OBE), reliably reported by thousands of people. In honestly exploring these areas, rather than denying them, he argues we could look more deeply into the real nature of human existence.

Author : Philip J. Imbrogno
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738722276

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Interdimensional Universe by Philip J. Imbrogno Pdf

Over the course of his thirty years of investigation into UFOs, including his own field research, photographic evidence, and meticulously compiled case studies, Philip Imbrogno has provided fascinating new insight into paranormal phenomena. In this book, he reveals for the first time the detailed findings of prominent paranormal experts as well as his own firsthand experiences. Using the latest quantum theories, Imbrogno sheds new light on classic UFO cases, government cover-ups, and the hidden connections between UFOs and other unexplained phenomena-from crop circles and animal mutilations to angels and jinn (or genies). Imbrogno's insider knowledge spans the very early UFO reports to present-day sightings. He personally investigated four of the best-known UFO flaps of the modern era—Hudson Valley, Phoenix lights, the Belgium sightings, and the Gulf Breeze Florida sightings—and shares information never released before, including photographic evidence that something very unusual is taking place on planet Earth.

Author : Carl Llewellyn Weschcke,Joe H. Slate
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738749259

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The New Science of the Paranormal by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke,Joe H. Slate Pdf

Use Scientific Research for Empowerment, Growth, and Success Sweep illusions away and use your mind for what it was intended: to lift human consciousness to a higher level and make this world a better place for you and future generations. The New Science of the Paranormal is a mind-expanding exploration of the scientific proof for paranormal phenomena and the ways you can use your paranormal potential to take control of your life. Discover a wealth of tools to create a life of greater success and happiness. Through expanding conscious awareness of your inner powers and abilities, you advance into the development of your Super-Conscious Mind where limitations drop away and realization of your most cherished dreams becomes reality.

Author : Martin Bridgstock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139482547

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Beyond Belief by Martin Bridgstock Pdf

Whether ghosts, astrology or ESP, up to 80 per cent of the population believes in one or more aspects of the paranormal. Such beliefs are entertaining, and it is tempting to think of them as harmless. However, there is mounting evidence that paranormal beliefs can be dangerous - cases of children dying because parents rejected orthodox medicine in favour of alternative remedies, and 'psychics' who trade on the grief of the bereaved for personal profit and gain. Expenditure on the paranormal runs into billions of dollars each year. In Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal Martin Bridgstock provides an integrated understanding of what an evidence-based approach to the paranormal - a skeptical approach - involves, and why it is necessary. Bridgstock does not set out to show that all paranormal claims are necessarily false, but he does suggest that we all need the analytical ability and critical thinking skills to seek and assess the evidence for paranormal claims.

Author : Charles T. Tart
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781572246454

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The End of Materialism by Charles T. Tart Pdf

Ideal for scientifically minded individuals curious about life's spiritual side as well as spiritually inclined people seeking to back up their beliefs, this book offers evidence for the existence of telepathy, precognition, and psychic healing.

Author : David E. Presti
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231548397

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Mind Beyond Brain by David E. Presti Pdf

Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia, philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by neuroscience and by Buddhism. The encounter between these two worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. In Mind Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena—such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition—can influence the Buddhism-science conversation. Presti describes the extensive but frequently unacknowledged history of scientific investigation into these phenomena, demonstrating its relevance to questions about consciousness and reality. The new perspectives opened up, if we are willing to take evidence of such often off-limits topics seriously, offer significant challenges to dominant explanatory paradigms and raise the prospect that we may be poised for truly revolutionary developments in the scientific investigation of mind. Mind Beyond Brain represents the next level in the science and Buddhism dialogue.

Author : John Warren White,Stanley Krippner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036954597

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Future Science by John Warren White,Stanley Krippner Pdf

Author : Taner Edis
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781634312127

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Weirdness! by Taner Edis Pdf

In a world where science faces challenges from creationists and climate change deniers, and where social media is awash with wild conspiracy theories, it is no longer enough for scientists, pundits, and activists to simply ask the public to trust science. Rather, all must better understand how science works, and why science is essential. By exploring many of the odd beliefs embraced by large sections of the public that are rejected by the scientific mainstream, Weirdness! makes a case for science that goes beyond popular slogans. It takes seriously claims that paranormal phenomena, such as psychic abilities and mythical creatures, might be real, but demonstrates how such phenomena would extend beyond the laws of nature. It rejects a sharp boundary between science and religion, while explaining how to negotiate their real differences. Denials of science cause no end of trouble, but so too does placing blind trust in science. As Weirdness! reminds readers, science should not be seen as a mechanism that takes in data and spits out truth—indeed, what we get wrong about how the world works is often as interesting as what we get right.

Author : Kendrick Frazier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781633889637

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Paranormal Borderlands of Science by Kendrick Frazier Pdf

Headlines and television news reports feature accounts of reincarnation, the predictions of astrologers, and psychic "miracles." Citizens report UFO sightings. Police departments call on psychics to provide clues in baffling crimes. From every available information source, the public is bombarded with unsubstantiated claims of paranormal phenomena. How much of the evidence is reliable? What is the truth behind these claims? Paranormal Borderlands of Science is an exciting, well-informed examination of the most publicized and exotic claims of astrology, ESP, psychokinesis, precognition, UFOs, biorhythms, and other phenomena. Written by respected psychologists, astronomers and other scientists, philosophers, investigative journalists, and magicians, the 47 articles in this superb collection present a skeptical treatment of pseudoscientific claims - an aspect often sorely neglected in sensationalized media reports. This book is an effort to help readers sort fact from fiction and sense from nonsense among the astonishing variety of assertions labeled "paranormal." Never before published in book form, the essays in this anthology originally appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer, a leading magazine devoted to the critical investigation of pseudoscience from a scientific viewpoint. Among the contributors are: Isaac Asimov (distinguished science fiction author), Martin Gardner (Scientific American columnist), James Randi (The Amazing Randi), Philip Klass (noted UFO skeptic), Scot Morris (Omni), and James Oberg (NASA). An essential contribution to skeptical literature, this book will be of lasting value to all those wishing to balance the case for paranormal claims by reading the dissenting critics.