The word parapsychology was coined by German philosopher Max Dessoir, while still a student. From Wordnik.com. [ENTANGLED MINDS] Reference
There’s some work on ‘Skeptic-proponent collaboration within parapsychology’. From Wordnik.com. [On Quantum Theory And Parapsychology] Reference
Investigation, by scientists, of people who are telepathic, is called parapsychology or paraphysics. From Wordnik.com. [Article Source] Reference
Link to Guardian article (via The Anomalist), Link to "parapsychology" entry in The Skeptic's Dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives] Reference
In this sense the association of "parapsychology" with the AAAS puts a strain on the progress of an important field of investigation. From Wordnik.com. ['A Decade of Permissiveness'] Reference
Or was he making a contribution to parapsychology?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
The only problem is, parapsychology is not science. From Wordnik.com. [American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience] Reference
Transubstantiation has nothing to do with parapsychology. From Wordnik.com. [Crackergate] Reference
So Wheeler is taking quite a risk in ridiculing parapsychology!. From Wordnik.com. [Parapsychology: An Exchange] Reference
EDWARD: And I started reading about parapsychology, metaphysics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2007] Reference
Yes parapsychology would fall outside the realm of known physics. From Wordnik.com. [Telekinesis and Quantum Field Theory] Reference
The problem with parapsychology is that it leads to all types of hockum. From Wordnik.com. [American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience] Reference
(See also extrasensory perception, parapsychology, and psychic research.) 1. From Wordnik.com. [telepathy] Reference
"You are then, ah, presenting yourself as an authority on parapsychology, perhaps?". From Wordnik.com. [The Best Made Plans] Reference
In other instances, however, the facts will be known only to an insider in parapsychology. From Wordnik.com. [Was He Peeking?] Reference
In parapsychology, typically someone performs an informal, poorly-controlled exploratory study. From Wordnik.com. [American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience] Reference
I was certainly not going to attempt any explanation of the parapsychology involved, even with Deb. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
So I would be very happy to support research into parapsychology at the level of a few dollars per year. From Wordnik.com. [Telekinesis and Quantum Field Theory] Reference
He was deep into parapsychology, augury, transmigration-all that stuff. 1972, we were in Northern Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Psychosphere]
Up to now he had been a dabbler, playing at parapsychology to allay his disappointment with the priesthood. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
Charcot, Richet and many others whose names are not primarily associated with parapsychology (Gauld, 1968). From Wordnik.com. [Henry Sidgwick] Reference
So parapsychology falls to a lower standard than some suggestion of a theory that is premature or just wrong. From Wordnik.com. [American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience] Reference
From Mr. Chester F. Carlson, to the Medical School to be used for parapsychology research, securities valued at. From Wordnik.com. [Board of Visitors minutes] Reference
Rather, I should merely like to point out that parapsychology is a rigid discipline utilizing scientific method. From Wordnik.com. [Was He Peeking?] Reference
Thus there many professional psychologists who have made important contributions to the field of parapsychology. From Wordnik.com. [Was He Peeking?] Reference
His final legacy, that gift of money for the study of parapsychology, didn't exactly enhance his reputation either. From Wordnik.com. [Did The Death Of Communism Take Koestler And Other Literary Figures With It?] Reference
Other newspaper accounts describe him as a "self-made scholar" who did research in parapsychology at Duke University. From Wordnik.com. [Raiders of the Faux Ark] Reference
I know that the views of our late and beloved Margaret Mead were strong in getting parapsychology admitted to the AAAS. From Wordnik.com. ['A Decade of Permissiveness'] Reference
Rather, these scientists should set up information channels to pick up when anybody on campus experienced parapsychology. From Wordnik.com. [American Association for the Advancement of PseudoScience] Reference
Nor are the parapsychology field and a related field, anomalistic psychology, eager to associate themselves with the current craze. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted: The debate about whether ghosts exist will never be settled, but for paranormal investigator John Warfield, it's all about the search for proof] Reference
Among the critics of parapsychology, a small number have always approached the subject as if ESP just has to mean "error some place.". From Wordnik.com. [Was He Peeking?] Reference
A doctoral candidate in parapsychology from Portland University, Jeremy is an expert in statistics, computers, and spectral photography. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
Your “enormously detailed” explanation of why you think transubstantiation is false consisted of a passing reference to parapsychology. From Wordnik.com. [Crackergate] Reference
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