Chris French is Emeritus Professor and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Patron of Humanists UK. He is the coauthor of Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience.
Contents
Foreword by Richard Wiseman ix
Preface xiii
1 WEIRD SCIENCE 1
2 WAKING NIGHTMARES 33
3 HIGH SPIRITS, PART 1: GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS 69
4 HIGH SPIRITS, PART 2: COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD 111
5 FANTASTIC MEMORIES OF ALIEN ENCOUNTERS 133
6 MANY HAPPY RETURNS? 171
7 DYING TO KNOW THE TRUTH 191
8 NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE? 215
9 TRICKS OF THE MIND 235
10 SKEPTICAL INQUIRIES 247
11 DREAMS OF THE FUTURE 267
12 LESSONS FOR (THE) LIVING 283
EPILOGUE: THE LIMITS OF SKEPTICISM 301
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments 317
Notes 321
Index 365
