یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foreword: Pondering exceptional human possibilities / Ruth Richards -- pt. I: Presentations -- 1. A brief history of science and psychic phenomena / Dean Radin -- 2. Attributions about impossible things / James E. Alcock -- 3. Parapsychology's Achilles heel: persistent inconsistency / Ray Hyman -- 4. Reflections of a (relatively) moderate skeptic / Christopher C. French -- 5. How I became a psychic for a day / Michael Shermer -- 6. Persistent denial: a century of denying the evidence / Chris Carter.
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pt. II: Rebuttals -- 7. The critic's lament: when the impossible becomes possible / Dean Radin -- 8. Let's focus on the data / James E. Alcock -- 9. What's wrong with materialism? / Ray Hyman -- 10. Missing the point? / Christopher C. French -- 11. The devil is in the details / Michael Shermer -- 12. Still in detail: a reply to the critics / Chris Carter.
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pt. III: Epilogues -- Epilogue: Heads I win, tails you lose: How some parapsychologist nullify null results and what to do about it? Richard S. Wiseman -- Epilogue: The Antique Roadshow: How Denier Movements critique evolution, climate change, and nonlocal consciousness / Stephan A. Schwartz -- Editors' epilogue: Is it time for détente? / Harris L. Friedman and Stanley Krippner.
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pt. IV: Postscripts -- Afterword: Explaining and unexplaining: parapsychology's key question / Damien Broderick -- Afterword: Why parapsychology is not yet ready for prime time / Elizabeth Loftus.
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Despite ongoing and repeated attempts to prove or disprove the existence of parapsychological events, there are still no conclusive findings--and certainly no consensus across the worldwide community of scholars, scientists, and proponents of psychic phenomena. Still, there is no shortage of information about this fascinating topic to allow everyone to draw their own conclusions -- from cover.