Bibliograph

Ghost hunters, William James and the search for scientific proof of life after death, Deborah Blum

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Ghost hunters, William James and the search for scientific proof of life after death, Deborah Blum

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ghost hunters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

65538774

Responsibility statement

Deborah Blum

Sub title

William James and the search for scientific proof of life after death

Summary

Traces how the respected psychologist brother of Henry James set out to gather scientific data proving the existence of ghosts at the end of the nineteenth century, forming the American Society for Psychical Research

Table Of Contents

Prelude -- The night side -- A spirit of unbelief -- Lights and shadows -- Metaphysics and metatrousers -- Infinite rationality -- All ye who enter here -- The principles of psychology -- The invention of ectoplasm -- The unearthly archive -- A prophecy of death -- A force not generally recognized -- A ghost story

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