ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination

by Stephen E. Braude

. 1979, with some wear to dustjacket, neat sinscription on endpaper, light foxing to endpaper & edges, contents clean, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981

Genres: Philosophy, Paranormal

1000 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1980

About the author

Stephen E. Braude is an American philosopher and parapsychologist. He is a past president of the Parapsychological Association, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration, and a professor of philosophy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist and composer.

Braude received his Phd. in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1971. After working as a lecturer in the philosophy department at UMass Amherst, he found a permanent home at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, working successively as an assistant, associate, and full professor. He served as the Chair of the Philosophy department between 1998 and 2005. He has received numerous fellowships, awards, and grants including but not limited to the National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship, numerous grants from the Parapsychology Foundation, and the Distinguished Achievement Award of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. He has also received several Faculty Research Grants from UMBC.

Reviews

[Ryan]

Excellent, reasoned, approach to ESP, but a bit of a slog to read.