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Informationen zum Autor Michael A. Thalbourne works 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays focuses on the future of the psychical research field. Some of the areas of study covered include altered states of consciousness! ESP! Meta-Analysis! the theory of psychopraxia! and sociological and phenomenological issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsForeword Preface I. GENERAL ISSUES1. What's Ahead? 2. Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century 3. The Farther Reaches of Psi Research: Future Choices and Possibilities II. EXPERIMENTAL ISSUES4. 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 ISSUES7. 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 ISSUES12. 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 ...
