PA Presidential Address 2017: Withering Skepticism.
In this address I consider the objections to parapsychology offered by high profile representatives of the skeptical community in their contributions to Krippner and Friedman's (2010) book, Debating psychic experience, comparing them with previous critical commentary published in 1993 as part of a s...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 81; no. 2; pp. 143 - 160 |
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Rhine Research Center
Fall2017
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