Debating psychic experience

The book stages a debate between parapsychologists who maintain that Western science's picture of the world is incomplete and critics who argue that parapsychological data is either unreliable or accounted for by ordinary scientific principles.

Repeated attempts to establish or dismiss psychic events have yet to produce conclusive results, and scholars, scientists and believers around the world have not reached agreement. The available material is extensive, leaving readers ample information to reach their own judgments.

Although the theoretical content is substantial, each chapter has been written for a general readership. The first part presents the positions of supporters and skeptics separately. The second part turns those positions into a direct exchange, with each side answering the other. Scholars from the United States, Australia and Great Britain contribute overviews and conclusions.