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- English
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About this book
The field of research on the paranormal has changed enormously in the last 20 years. ExaminingĀ experiences of ESP, psychokinesis, precognition, ganzfeld, dissociative states, out-of-the-body experiences, alien abductions and near-death experiences, David Marks appraises the best available evidence to date on scientific claims of the paranormal. Each chapter also provides a description of the psychological processes that are likely to contribute toĀ theseĀ experiences, and to the high prevalence of paranormal beliefs.
Importantly, this book does not take a fixed sceptical or 'disbelieving' view of the phenomena but, as far as possible, offers a neutral gaze which will equip readers to make up their own minds, as well as providing them with the critical skills to defend their conclusions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Basic Principles and Processes
- 1 Science and Anomalous Experience
- 2 The Origins of Subjective Anomalous Experience
- 3 Psychological Processes and Anomalous Experience
- Part II Subjective Anomalous Experience Claimed to be Paranormal
- 4 Synchronicity
- 5 Remote Viewing and Psychic Staring
- 6 The Ganzfeld, Subjective Validation and the Newly Discovered Sixth Sense
- 7 Precognition Effect and Dream-ESP Methodological Lessons in The Search for Deep truth: Arrival of the Super-powers
- 8 Psychokinesis, Dice and Random Number Generators āMind Over Matterā En Route to Neverland?
- Part III Subjective Anomalous Experience Usually Not ā but Occasionally ā Claimed to be Paranormal
- 9 The Hypnotic Trance as an Altered State of Consciousness
- 10 Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences
- 11 Homeostasis Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle
- Part IV Conclusions
- 12 Take-Home Message Psi is a Spontaneous Process that Cannot be Summoned at Will in a Laboratory Experiment
- Appendix Concepts, Measures and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index