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- catalog abstract ""In this updated and expanded edition of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind, psychologist and neuroscientist Terence Hines explores the question of evidence for the paranormal and delves beyond it to one that is even more puzzling: Why do people continue to believe in the reality of the supernatural despite overwhelming evidence that it does not exist?" "Critiquing the whole range of current paranormal claims, this carefully researched, thorough review of pseudoscience and the paranormal in contemporary life shows readers how to carefully evaluate such claims in terms of scientific evidence. This scholarly yet readable volume is an invaluable reference work for students and general readers alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12586756.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In this updated and expanded edition of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind, psychologist and neuroscientist Terence Hines explores the question of evidence for the paranormal and delves beyond it to one that is even more puzzling: Why do people continue to believe in the reality of the supernatural despite overwhelming evidence that it does not exist?" "Critiquing the whole range of current paranormal claims, this carefully researched, thorough review of pseudoscience and the paranormal in contemporary life shows readers how to carefully evaluate such claims in terms of scientific evidence. This scholarly yet readable volume is an invaluable reference work for students and general readers alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-483) and index.".
- catalog description "Nature of pseudoscience -- Psychics and psychic phenomena -- Life after death -- Laboratory parapsychology -- Pseudopsychology -- Astrology, the lunar effect, and biorhythyms -- UFOs I : close encounters of the first kind -- UFOs II : photographs, physical evidence, and abductions -- Alien astronauts, cosmic collisions, and the Bermada Triangle -- Faith healing -- "Alternative" medicine -- Collective delusion, mass hysteria, and environmental health scares -- Special topics in pseudoscience -- Skeptical web sites.".
- catalog extent "500 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Pseudoscience and the paranormal.".
- catalog identifier "1573929794 (pak. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Pseudoscience and the paranormal.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
- catalog relation "Pseudoscience and the paranormal.".
- catalog subject "133 21".
- catalog subject "BF1042 .H55 2003".
- catalog subject "Occultism.".
- catalog subject "Parapsychology.".
- catalog subject "Unidentified flying objects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Nature of pseudoscience -- Psychics and psychic phenomena -- Life after death -- Laboratory parapsychology -- Pseudopsychology -- Astrology, the lunar effect, and biorhythyms -- UFOs I : close encounters of the first kind -- UFOs II : photographs, physical evidence, and abductions -- Alien astronauts, cosmic collisions, and the Bermada Triangle -- Faith healing -- "Alternative" medicine -- Collective delusion, mass hysteria, and environmental health scares -- Special topics in pseudoscience -- Skeptical web sites.".
- catalog title "Pseudoscience and the paranormal / Terence Hines.".
- catalog type "text".