Skip to content
Libra Esoterica

Readings in the philosophical problems of parapsychology

by Antony Flew

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

Description from OpenAlex (opens in a new tab)

How does parapsychology differ from hard science? Since the origins of psychical research, parapsychology has been hard-pressed to convince sceptics that it is a legitimate science. This comprehensive collection of essays, edited by a distinguished philosopher and pioneering scholar in the field of parapsychological research, stimulates discussion as it seeks to clarify and explore the philosophical problems implied by such alleged phenomena as ESP, psychokinesis, and out-of-body experiences. Aside from being a critical analysis, this book provides the reader with a historical view of the debates surrounding psychical research. This book is excellent for students and professionals in the fields of science, social science, philosophy, psychology, and for anyone interested in the methods of scientific inquiry and the way it seeks to explore the uncharted territory of human potential.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Parapsychology and psychical research, Psychokinesis and remote viewing, and UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact.

  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from harvard, libris, and openalex matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the title, “esp” in the description, “Parapsychology” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “parapsychology”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “parapsychology”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • “parapsychology”· via OpenAlex
    • “Parapsychology”· in title
    • “esp”· in description
    • “Parapsychology”· in description
  • Psychokinesis and remote viewing

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “psychokinesis”. Retained metadata contains “Psychokinesis” in the description.

    • “psychokinesis”· via OpenAlex
    • “Psychokinesis”· in description
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Retained metadata contains “out-of-body” in the description and “Out-of-body experiences” in the description.

    • “out-of-body”· in description
    • “Out-of-body experiences”· in description
  • UFOs, extraterrestrials, and contact

    Retained metadata contains “extraterrestrial” in the subject metadata.

    • “extraterrestrial”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

Read & download

Where a scan or ebook exists, it is listed here.

No public full text is known for this record.

None of our sources reported a scan or ebook. It may exist elsewhere — these searches are a good next step.

Buy or borrow

Links to ISBN 087975382X; other editions may be cheaper. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.

Editions

One edition cataloged here.

OpenAlex scholarly book record

376 p. ; 24 cm.

1987-01-01Prometheus BooksEnglish
  • 9780879753825
  • 9780879753856
  • 087975382X
  • 0879753854
Catalog record

Subjects

25 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Cataloged from

Catalog id
openalex:W1544186880
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
Retrieved