When someone admits to a strange experience, such as witnessing an unidentified flying object, having telepathic hunches, or seeing angels or ghosts, listeners usually explain it away as mistaken perception, intoxication, ignorance, or even mental illness. Though these unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the most popular responses to claims of the supernatural, those who use them often have little understanding of what such dismissive "solutions" actually entail. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight…mehr
When someone admits to a strange experience, such as witnessing an unidentified flying object, having telepathic hunches, or seeing angels or ghosts, listeners usually explain it away as mistaken perception, intoxication, ignorance, or even mental illness. Though these unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the most popular responses to claims of the supernatural, those who use them often have little understanding of what such dismissive "solutions" actually entail. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight into how these theories are applied, or misapplied, to inquiry into the paranormal, it clarifies the relationship between the field of psychology and the supernatural. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Tony Jinks teaches neuroscience and paranormal studies to psychology students at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is a consultant on the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research Review Board and publishes in a wide variety of scientific fields.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction: What Is the Paranormal? PART 1: THE PARANORMAL AS EXPLICABLE 1. Parapsychology 2. Superstition and Belief in the Paranormal 3. Witnessing the Paranormal: Illusions 4. Witnessing the Paranormal: "Everyday" Hallucinations 5. Witnessing the Paranormal: Neurological Dysfunction 6. Witnessing the Paranormal: The Induction of Hallucinatory Encounters 7. Criticisms of Tectonic Strain Theory and Transcranial Stimulation Methods, and Alternative Electromagnetic Theories PART 2: THE PARANORMAL AS INEXPLICABLE 8. Psychodynamic Approaches to Paranormal Experience: Psychoanalysis and the Birth Memories Hypothesis 9. Advanced Psychodynamic Theories: The Projection of the Paranormal 10. Transpersonal Psychology Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction: What Is the Paranormal? PART 1: THE PARANORMAL AS EXPLICABLE 1. Parapsychology 2. Superstition and Belief in the Paranormal 3. Witnessing the Paranormal: Illusions 4. Witnessing the Paranormal: "Everyday" Hallucinations 5. Witnessing the Paranormal: Neurological Dysfunction 6. Witnessing the Paranormal: The Induction of Hallucinatory Encounters 7. Criticisms of Tectonic Strain Theory and Transcranial Stimulation Methods, and Alternative Electromagnetic Theories PART 2: THE PARANORMAL AS INEXPLICABLE 8. Psychodynamic Approaches to Paranormal Experience: Psychoanalysis and the Birth Memories Hypothesis 9. Advanced Psychodynamic Theories: The Projection of the Paranormal 10. Transpersonal Psychology Notes Bibliography Index
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