| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 489 p.) |
| Contents |
A new conception guided by two analogies -- A model and a theory of psi -- A model of the mind and of the place of psi in mental functioning -- Psi and consciousness -- The vicissitudes of the extrasensory: to be known or not to be known -- Some implicit assumptions that need to be changed -- Psychokinesis: first sight and first act -- Precursors of the model -- A reiteration of essential points -- Psi and ambiguous or unconscious sensory information -- Psi and memory: are the processes similar? -- Psi and memory: how do they affect one another? -- Psi and creativity -- Fear and psi -- Extraversion and psi -- Other individual and situational factors -- Two vexing problems: experimenter effects and decline effects -- Ordinary nonpsychic experience -- The more psychic person -- First sight and personal exploration of psi -- First sight in the consulting room -- Recent research pertinent to first sight -- Applications of first sight -- Suggested directions for future research -- First sight, parapsychology, and other branches of science -- Psi and a new science of the mind |
| Summary |
Carpenter offers a new way of looking at ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and other parapsychological activities that affect our everyday lives. Often seen as supernatural, anomalous, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, these activities are shown, instead, to be normal, continuous, lawful, and as real and useful as breathing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-465) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Extrasensory perception.
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Parapsychology.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy)
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Extrasensory perception
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Parapsychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020740599 |
| ISBN |
9781442213920 |
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1442213922 |
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1442213914 |
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9781442213913 |
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1280658258 |
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9781280658259 |
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9786613635181 |
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6613635189 |
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