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Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
| Author | : William F. Williams |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 967 |
| Release | : 2013-12-02 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1135955298 |
The Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is the first one-volume, A-to-Z reference that identifies, defines, and explains all of the terms and ideas dealing with the somewhat murky world of the "almost sciences". Truly interdisciplinary and multicultural in scope, the Encyclopedia examines how fringe or marginal sciences have affected people throughout history, as well as how they continue to exert an influence on our lives today. This comprehensive reference brings together: superstitions and fads that are part of popular culture, such as fortune telling; healing practices once thought marginal that are now become increasingly accepted, such as homeopathy and acupuncture; frauds and hoaxes that have occurred throughout history, such as UFOs; mistaken theories first put forward as serious science, but later discarded as false, such as phrenology and racial typing, etc. More than 2000 extensively cross-referenced and illustrated entries cover prominent phenomena, major figures, events topics, places and associations.
Metamagical Themas
| Author | : Douglas R Hofstadter |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 622 |
| Release | : 2008-08-04 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0786723866 |
Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.
Science in the New Age
| Author | : David J. Hess |
| Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780299138240 |
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
Deviant Science
| Author | : James McClenon |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2016-11-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1512804568 |
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Philosophy of Science and the Occult
| Author | : Patrick Grim |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 1990-07-17 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9781438404981 |
This book both introduces the philosophy of science through examination of the occult and examines the occult rigorously enough to raise central issues in the philosophy of science. Placed in the context of the occult, philosophy of science issues become immediately understandable and forcefully compelling. Divergent views on astrology, parapsychology, and quantum mechanics mysticism emphasize topics standard to the philosophy of science. Such issues as confirmation and selection for testing, causality and time, explanation and the nature of scientific laws, the status of theoretical entities, the problem of demarcation, theory and observation, and science and values are discussed. Significantly revised, this second edition presents an entirely new section of quantum mechanics and mysticism including instructions from N. David Mermin for constructing a device which dramatically illustrates the genuinely puzzling phenomena of quantum mechanics. A more complete and current review of research on astrology has been included in this new edition, and the section on the problem of demarcation has been broadened.
Legitimacy of Unbelief
| Author | : Gerd H. Hövelmann |
| Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
| Total Pages | : 467 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 3643908555 |
"Dutch journalist Piet Hein Hoebens (1948-1984) held a unique position in the controversies between proponents and skeptics of parapsychology and related fields. While he described himself as a card-carrying skeptic with strong 'ecumenical' leanings, even many of his nominal opponents appreciated his work and his penetrating, open-minded criticism. Hoebens' constructive influence on the culture of responsible scientific exchange is felt to this day. The editors have collected (and mostly translated) more than 40 of Hoebens' most significant writings, about half of which were never published in English before. The editors also added editorial introductions to all chapters to elucidate their original contexts and their lasting relevance. Therefore, the book is more than a commemoration of an important author - it provides valuable insights into the history of parapsychology and its skeptical reflections"--Back cover.
The Conscious Mind and the Material World
| Author | : Douglas M. Stokes |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2015-01-24 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0786487526 |
What makes us who we are? From a scientific viewpoint, any individual's existence is improbable at best. Consciousness as an actuality is inarguable; its nature, however, remains elusive. This work argues the view of self as a field of pure consciousness, debating the existence of a continuing self and drawing conclusions about this entity and its relation to the physical body and the physical world. Beginning with an exploration of the relationship between mind and matter, it discusses ostensible psi phenomena such as extra-sensory perception and psychokinesis and their implications for our understanding of the mind and the cosmos. Additional topics include the perennial mind-body problem; the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics (and conversely the role of quantum mechanics in the study of consciousness); the anthropic principle; and evidence for Intelligent Design. Quasi-religious questions such as the survival of consciousness after death are also addressed.
Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi On Skepticism
| Author | : Dana Richards |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 493 |
| Release | : 2017-04-27 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9813203722 |
In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal in 1976. He left that and founded the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research, which was more aligned with his views.Dana Richards presents the unedited, colorful correspondence between these two well-known figures within the skeptical movement as they probed and wrestled with fundamental questions such as:
