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William James : Psychical Research and the Challenge of Modernity /

"Krister Dylan Knapp provides [an] analytical and contextualized account of James's psychical research. Knapp argues that psychical research permeated James's life: while James always maintained a critical stance towards claims of paranormal phenomena, its study was central to his rel...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Knapp, Krister Dylan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Krister Dylan Knapp provides [an] analytical and contextualized account of James's psychical research. Knapp argues that psychical research permeated James's life: while James always maintained a critical stance towards claims of paranormal phenomena, its study was central to his relationships familial and professional, shaped his unique intellectual disposition, and threaded together his life's intellectual trajectory"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9781469631264