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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 August 2011
      19 May 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511919381
      9781108027717
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511919381
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.84kg, 576 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Ideas, History, History of Psychology, Psychology, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    Subjects:
    History of Ideas, History, History of Psychology, Psychology, General, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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    Written by renowned Swiss physician and experimental psychologist Théodore Flournoy (1854–1920), this 1911 publication offers a scientific treatment of nineteenth-century spiritual interests and beliefs. Dedicating his work to the Swiss scientist and psychical researcher Marc Thury and to the American psychologist and philosopher William James, Flournoy approaches the subject of 'spiritism', or communication with the dead, with great caution, claiming that it had never been adequately proven and that such practices could most likely be explained as mental processes inherent in the mediums themselves. While recognising and offering validation of the existence of phenomena such as telekinesis, clairvoyance and telepathy, as well as the survival of the soul after death, in this book Flournoy casts doubt on the living human's ability to contact the spirits of the deceased.

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