· 2019
The Founders of Psychical Research
- 252citations
- 2019year
Short summary
This book focuses on the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney, and Frederic Myers, key figures in the early Society for Psychical Research (S.P.R.), rather than a history of the S.P.R. itself.
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Key points
- The book centers on the founders: Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney, and Frederic Myers.
- It focuses on their lives and work within the early Society for Psychical Research (S.P.R.).
- The narrative is not a history of the S.P.R. but rather an examination of its key figures.
- It discusses 'paranormal' phenomena, treating them as unexplained.
- The scope includes matters outside the direct history of the S.P.R.
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Abstract
Originally published in 1968 The Founders of Psychical Research is centred upon the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney and Frederic Myers – prominent in the Society for Psychical Research (S.P.R) - during its early years: it is not a history of the Society. It passes over important aspects of the S.P.R.’s story and deals at some length with matters quite outside it. The book frequently gives accounts of ‘paranormal’ phenomena which if indeed they occurred, would not be explainable through any recognisable hypothesis, but are treated throughout as unexplained.
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Field: General Psychology
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