Parascientific revolutions the science and culture of the paranormal / Derek Lee.
| Author/creator | Lee, Derek, 1979 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2025] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Proximities |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025013861 |
| ISBN | 9781517918897 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781517918880 library binding |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |