Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief
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Published by Prometheus Books, New York, 1998
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Ex-Library with stampings and card pocket; Appears unused. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean. 9 inches tall; 426 pages. Encounters With the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief (1998), edited by Kendrick Frazier, gathers essays from Skeptical Inquirer examining paranormal claims through science, psychology, and skepticism. A wide-ranging resource on belief, memory, and the boundary between science and pseudoscience. Subjects: Paranormal phenomena; Science and belief; Pseudoscience; Memory & cognition; Social psychology of belief; Skeptical inquiry; Scientific skepticism, Interdisciplinary essays, Popular science anthology.
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- Title
- Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief
- Author
- Frazier, Kendrick - Editor
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket, As Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 157392203X
- ISBN 13
- 9781573922036
- Series
- Book 5 of 7: Best of Skeptical Inquirer
- Seller catalogs
- PHILOSOPHY, REFERENCE & TEXTBOOKS, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY
Do polygraph tests really detect lies? Can memories be implanted? Is subliminal perception a reality? What is the relationship between science and belief?Experts in the fields of physical/biological science, psychology, philosophy, social science, and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect the way we think and how we perceive reality and the natural world. From science's influence on beauty to antiscience in our universities and from UFO mythologies to near-death experiences, this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.Contributors include James Alcock, Susan Blackmore, Alan Cromer, Mandy Fowler, Christopher C. French, Martin Gardner, Thomas Gilovich, Theodore Goertzel, Paul R. Gross, Peter Huston, Ray Hyman, Noretta Koertge, Paul Kurtz, Dan Larhammar, Leon M. Lederman, James Lett, Norman Levitt, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Loftus, Lee Loevinger, Katy McCarthy, Joe Nickell, Bernard Oritz de Montellano, Debbie Peers, Anthony Pratkanis, Carl Sagan, Kenneth Savitsky, Glenn Seaborg, Elie Shneour, Matthew Smith, Victor Stenger, Jeffrey F. Victor, Jeff Wiseman, and Richard Wiseman.
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About the Author
Kendrick Frazier was the longtime editor of Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason, and a leading voice in the modern skeptical movement to uphold the values of scientific inquiry and critical thinking. He is the author or editor of then books. Formerly, Frazier was editor of Science News, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Geophysical Union.He is a recipient of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s “In Praise of Reason” Award.
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