The limits of influence : psychokinesis and the philosophy of science

'Braude's study offers a load of evidence from a fresh quarter showing how difficult it is to get an honest hearing for deviant phenomena and how comp1iant the model of science actually is. I'm delighted to see it in print. Braude is surely one of the best-informed and most readable philosophical guides, and his book offers the most orderly entry into the inevitable quarrels. The anecdotal material is absolutely fascinating. But Braude's careful speculations about its bearing on causality and empirical confirmation are even more intriguing and much more important.' - Joseph Margolis, Temple University Front page......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 1 The importance of non-experimental evidence......Page 16 2 Physical mediumship......Page 74 3 Apparitions......Page 186 4 Toward a theory of PK......Page 234 5 Precognition without retrocausation......Page 272 6 Conclusion......Page 294 Notes......Page 297 Bibliography......Page 305 Index......Page 320 Back page......Page 327 Stephen E. Braude. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 290-304.