Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the EvidenceExamines the evidence behind many types of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims and explains, through an analysis of the psychology of belief, why people continue to believe in the reality of the supernatural. |
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User Review - Leonard - GoodreadsHines' book is a very effective and comprehensive overview of pseudoscience, but compared to some of the other giants of the skeptical field (Park, Randi, Gardner, and the like), it's a bit dry. Read full review
Contents
Psychics and Psychic Phenomena | 21 |
Life After Death | 60 |
Laboratory Parapsychology | 77 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the Evidence |
| Author | Terence Hines |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 3, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0879754192, 9780879754198 |
| Length | 372 pages |
| Subjects | › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General |
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