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the science and culture of the paranormal
What can an exploration of pseudoscientific phenomena like telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and telekinesis tell us about accepted scientific and cultural thought? Examining how ideas rejected by the scientific establishment regenerate and return to mainstream discourse, Parascientific Revolutions offers fresh insight into how the paranormal mind continually challenges our understanding of knowledge and belief.
Introduction: From paradigms to parascience -- Toward a (meta)physics of precognition : the science and aesthetics of the Psitron -- Gaia, the paranormal planet -- Remote viewing : Ingo Swann, Project Stargate, and weaponizing the paranormal -- On ghosts and ghost vision : The hundred secret senses, Comfort woman, and the Asian American spirit medium -- The multiverse and the mind : the alternative chronologies of Atomik Aztex and A tale for the time being -- The structure of parascientific revolutions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.