Science Confronts the Paranormal

by Frazier, Kendrick

• ISBN13: 9780879753146
• ISBN10: 0879753145
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1986-06-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This collection examines astrology, ESP, psychic detectives parapsychology, UFOs, palmistry, and fringe medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Debunking, Neutrality, and Skepticism in Science	p. 5
The New Philosophy of Science and the 'Paranormal'	p. 13
Parapsychology's Past Eight Years: A Lack-Of-Progress Report	p. 20
Sense and Nonsense in Parapsychology	p. 28
On Coincidences	p. 43
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time	p. 57
Misperception, Folk Belief, and the Occult: A Cognitive Guide to Understanding	p. 65
The Great Stone Face and Other Nonmysteries	p. 75
Sir Oliver Lodge and the Spiritualists	p. 79
Outracing the Evidence: The Muddled 'Mind Race'	p. 91
Remote Viewing Revisited	p. 110
Gerard Croiset: Investigation of the Mozart of """"Psychic Sleuths""""	p. 122
Croiset and Professor Tenhaeff: Discrepancies in Claims of Clairvoyance	p. 133
The Columbus Poltergeist Case	p. 145
The Project Alpha Experiment	p. 158
Lessons of a Landmark Pk Hoax	p. 166
Magicians in the Psi Lab: Many Misconceptions	p. 170
How Not to Test a Psychic: The Great Sri Die Mystery	p. 176
Iridology: Diagnosis or Delusion?	p. 185
Palmistry: Science or Hand-Jive?	p. 198
Prediction After the Fact: Lessons of the Tamara Rand Hoax	p. 211
Scientific Tests of Astrology Do Not Support Its Claims	p. 219
Alternative Explanations in Science: The Extroversion-Introversion Astrological Effect	p. 222
The Alleged Lunar Effect	p. 228
The Moon is Acquitted of Murder in Cleveland	p. 235
The Claim of a Government Ufo Coverup	p. 245
An Eye-Opening Double Encounter	p. 251
Hypnosis and Ufo Abductions	p. 255
Hypnosis Gives Rise to Fantasy and is Not a Truth Serum	p. 263
Deciphering Ancient America	p. 267
American Disingenuous: Goodman's 'American Genesis'- a New Chapter in 'Cult' Archaeology	p. 274
The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate	p. 285
Science and the Mountain Peak	p. 295
Creationist Pseudoscience	p. 305
Paluxy Footprints	p. 319
The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Appraisal	p. 324
Shroud Image is the Work of an Artist	p. 344
Sonar and Photographic Searches for the Loch Ness Monster: A Reassessment	p. 349
Recommended Reading	p. 359
Dates of Original Publication	p. 361
Contributors	p. 364
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