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| ⚫ | He wrote on [[psychic phenomena]], not as an advocate but describing a scientific approach to studying something which is not known with certainty to exist. His own experiments did not confirm the results of [[J.B. Rhine]]{{Dubious|date=July 2009}} and he criticised the experimental protocols of previous experimenters. |
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| + | He is credited with introducing the word "[[Psi (parapsychology)|psi]]" as a neutral term for [[Parapsychology|parapsychological]] [[phenomena]] in a 1942 article in the ''[[British Journal of Psychology]]''.<ref>{{citation | last=Thouless |first= Robert H. |date=1942:July |title=Experiments on paranormal guessing|journal=British Journal of Psychology |publisher=British Psychological Society|volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=15–27 }}</ref> |
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| + | *He served as President of the [[Society for Psychical Research]] from 1942 to 1944 |
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*[http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/researchers/thouless.htm Survival After Death website] - articles by Thouless on a scientific approach to psychic phenomena. |
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British academic Robert H. Thouless (?-1984[1]) is best known as the author of Straight and Crooked Thinking (1953), which describes flaws in reasoning and argument.
Education
Career
He was a lecturer in psychology at Manchester, Glasgow, and the University of Cambridge.
He wrote on psychic phenomena, not as an advocate but describing a scientific approach to studying something which is not known with certainty to exist. His own experiments did not confirm the results of J.B. Rhine[dubious — see talk page] and he criticised the experimental protocols of previous experimenters. He is credited with introducing the word "psi" as a neutral term for parapsychological phenomena in a 1942 article in the British Journal of Psychology.[1]
Positions
- He served as President of the Society for Psychical Research from 1942 to 1944
- In 1947 he was elected President of the British Psychological Society
Publications
See also
References
- ↑ Thouless, Robert H. (1942:July), "Experiments on paranormal guessing", British Journal of Psychology (British Psychological Society) 33 (1): 15–27
External links
- Thirty-eight dishonest tricks - extract from Straight and Crooked Thinking.
- An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural - describes Thouless' test for survival after death.
- Survival After Death website - articles by Thouless on a scientific approach to psychic phenomena.
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