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Volume 17: Number 2: Article 3
Parapsychology: Science or Pseudo-Science?
Marie-Catherine Mousseau, Apt. 70, Blackhall Sq., North King St.,
Dublin 7, Ireland
Do paranormal or parapsychological investigations meet the criteria
often said to characterize pseudo-science? Mainstream and non-mainstream
research is compared through content analysis of selected samples of
mainstream journals from several fields and of non-mainstream ("fringe")
journals. Oral communication processes were studied at an annual meeting
of the Parapsychological Association. Though certain quantitative differences
were noted, qualitative distinctions were not found that could justify
classification of parapsychology as pseudo-science. To warrant that,
other criteria to define science would need to be established.
Keywords: parapsychology, paranormal research, pseudo-science, parapsychology
in France, scientific method
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Parapsychology: Science or Pseudo-Science?
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