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Deviant Science : The Case of Parapsychology / James McClenon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1985Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781512804553
  • 9781512804560
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scientism and the Rejection of Extraordinary Anomalies -- 3. The Rhetorical Aspect of Parapsychology's Struggle with Its Critics -- 4. The Political Struggle of Parapsychology for Legitimacy -- 5. A Survey of Elite Scientists: Their Attitudes Toward ESP, Parapsychology, and Anomalous Experience -- 6. The Reaction of Parapsychology to Deviant Labeling -- 7. The Interaction Between Parapsychology and the Public -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Elite Scientist Questionnaire -- Appendix B: Additional Comments from Elite Scientists -- Appendix C: Parapsychological Research Centers -- Appendix D: Interview Questions for Parapsychologists -- References -- Index
Summary: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scientism and the Rejection of Extraordinary Anomalies -- 3. The Rhetorical Aspect of Parapsychology's Struggle with Its Critics -- 4. The Political Struggle of Parapsychology for Legitimacy -- 5. A Survey of Elite Scientists: Their Attitudes Toward ESP, Parapsychology, and Anomalous Experience -- 6. The Reaction of Parapsychology to Deviant Labeling -- 7. The Interaction Between Parapsychology and the Public -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Elite Scientist Questionnaire -- Appendix B: Additional Comments from Elite Scientists -- Appendix C: Parapsychological Research Centers -- Appendix D: Interview Questions for Parapsychologists -- References -- Index

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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