Parapsychology & Psychic Phenomena: Science, Pseudoscience, Religion?
Parapsychology & Psychic Phenomena: Science, Pseudoscience, Religion?Hyman’s Categorical Imperative states: Do not try to explain something until you are sure that there is something to be explained. (Quoted from Ray Hyman) Unfortunately, parapsychology appears to be one massive violation of what Hyman advises. There is no particularly good reason to think that there is anything “paranormal” to explain in the first place, much less that parapsychology has anything substantive to offer in terms of explaining human experiences or the universe.What is Parapsychology? Introduction to Parapsychology, Psychics, and the ParanormalDefining parapsychology is not an easy task. The researchers who would have been expected to clarify things have actually contributed to the problem. Most definitions of parapsychology tend to emphasize negative aspects, defining it according to what it is not rather than what it is. The absence of a su
