First sight [[electronic resource] ] : ESP and parapsychology in everyday life / / James C. Carpenter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461128503321
• Autore: Carpenter James (James C.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 9781442213920; 1442213922
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (503 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.8
• Soggetti: Extrasensory perception; Parapsychology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Section I. A POINT OF VIEW; Chapter 1. A New Conception Guided by Two Analogies; Chapter 2. A Model and a Theory of Psi; Section II. ELABORATIONS OF THE MODEL AND THE THEORY; Chapter 3. A Model of the Mind and of the Place of Psi in Mental Functioning; Chapter 4. Psi and Consciousness; Chapter 5. The Vicissitudes of the Extrasensory: To Be Known or Not to Be Known; Chapter 6. Some Implicit Assumptions That Need to Be Changed; Chapter 7. Psychokinesis: First Sight and First Act; Chapter 8. Precursors of the Model; Chapter 9. A Reiteration of Essential Points; Section III. PSI AND OTHER PRECONSCIOUS PROCESSESChapter 10. Psi and Ambiguous or Unconscious Sensory Information; Chapter 11. Psi and Memory: Are the Processes Similar?; Chapter 12. Psi and Memory: How Do They Affect One Another?; Chapter 13. Psi and Creativity; Section IV. FIRST SIGHT AND OTHER RESEARCH FINDINGS; Chapter 14. Fear and Psi; Chapter 15. Extroversion and Psi; Chapter 16. Other Individual and Situational Factors; Chapter 17. Two Vexing Problems: Experimenter Effects and Decline Effects; Section V. FIRST SIGHT BEYOND THE LABORATORY; Chapter 18. Ordinary Nonpsychic Experience; Chapter 19. The More Psychic PersonChapter 20. First Sight and Personal Exploration of Psi; Chapter 21. First Sight in the Consulting ; Room; Section VI. PROSPECTS FOR PARAPSYCHOLOGY; Chapter 22. Recent Research Pertinent to First Sight; Chapter 23. Applications of First Sight; Chapter 24. Suggested Directions for Future Research; Chapter 25. First Sight, Parapsychology, and Other Branches of Science; Chapter 26. Psi and a New Science of the Mind; Acknowledgments; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.