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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

by Deborah Blum

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A Pulitzer Prize?winning author tells the amazing story of William James?s quest for empirical evidence of the spirit world

What if a world -renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into ?unexplainable? incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued? and what they found?raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Blum tells the fascinating story of William James--philosopher and Harvard psychiatry professor--and his scientific investigation into unexplainable incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations.
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About the Author

Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin and has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Psychology Today.
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Table of Contents

Ghost Hunters Prelude

1. The Night Side

2. A Spirit of Unbelief

3. Lights and Shadows

4. Metaphysics and Metatrousers

5. Infinite Rationality

6. All Ye Who Enter Here

7. The Principles of Psychology

8. The Invention of Ectoplasm

9. The Unearthly Archive

10. A Prophecy of Death

11. A Force Not Generally Recognized

12. A Ghost Story

Acknowledgments

Notes and Sources

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780143038955
Author:
Blum, Deborah
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
Supernatural
Subject:
Parapsychology - General
Subject:
Metaphysics-General
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20070631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.06x5.46x.81 in. .76 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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