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Examines academic discourse with respect to paranormal research from various approaches.
Discusses the implications of the Seybert Commission’s negative findings with respect to scholarship in the history and philosophy of science.
Looks at the ways in which cultural contexts shape which scientific practices are considered to be legitimate and which are not.
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is a rhetorical analysis of the "Seybert Report," based on the findings of the Seybert Commission formed in the nineteenth century at the University of Pennsylvania and tasked with investigating the paranormal phenomena alleged to arise in Spiritualist séances. The findings of the report are significant because they provide a historical benchmark for how “paranormal” research--or psi--has been addressed by academics for well over a century. Elizabeth Schleber Lowry examines academic discourse with respect to psi from such approaches as the rhetoric of science and scholarship in the history and philosophy of science.
Authors and Affiliations
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Arizona State University , Scottsdale, USA
Elizabeth Schleber Lowry
About the author
Elizabeth Schleber Lowry is a lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition at Arizona State University, USA. Her work has been published in The Rhetoric Review, Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism and in edited collections. She is the author of Invisible Hosts: Performing the Nineteenth Century Spirit Medium’s Autobiography, 2017.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Seybert Report
Book Subtitle: Rhetoric, Rationale, and the Problem of Psi Research
Authors: Elizabeth Schleber Lowry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61512-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61511-0Published: 07 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87097-7Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61512-7Published: 23 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 112
Topics: Spirituality, US History, History of Medicine