The Limits of Influence - Couverture souple

Braude, Stephen E.

 
9780761806240: The Limits of Influence
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0761806245 ISBN 13 : 9780761806240
Editeur : University Press Of America, 1996

Synopsis

The Limits of Influence is a detailed examination and defense of the evidence for largescale-psychokinesis (P.K.). It examines the reasons why experimental evidence has not, and perhaps cannot, convince most skeptics that P.K. is genuine, and it considers why traditional experimental procedures are important to reveal interesting facts about the phenomena. It then examines why P.K. does not pose a clear threat to the very fabric of science, as many have proposed. The major skeptical challenges to taking large-scale P.K. seriously and the reason why those challenges are all unsatisfactory are considered. The evidence examined most closely is the turn-of-the-century evidence for physical mediumship, with special attention given to the cases of D.D. Home and Eusapio Palladino. The author compares and evaluates the leading theories of apparitions and considers the extent to which the evidence for collective apparitions can be interpreted as a further type of psychokinetic phenomenon. Finally, the claim that P.K. (and psychic functioning generally) might occur in refined and extensive forms is considered. It argues that this claim is not as outlandish as many have maintained and that we might have to accept something like the 'magical' world view associated with so-called 'primitive' societies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephen E. Braude is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He is also the author of First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind, Revised Edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995).

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Éditeur
University Press Of America
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761806245
ISBN 13 
9780761806240
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
322
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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9780710205568: Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science

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ISBN 10 :  0710205562 ISBN 13 :  9780710205568
Editeur : Law Book Co of Australasia, 1986
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