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Article: Blum, Deborah. Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life after Death.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
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BLUM, Deborah. Ghost hunters; William James and the search for scientific proof of life after death. Read by George K. Wilson. 12 cds. 14.75 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America. 2006. 0-7927-4511-6. $110.95. Vinyl; content, author, reader notes. SA
William James, brother of the novelist Henry James, was one of the first professors of psychology and the author of the first textbook. He was also considered one of the leading intellectuals of his day. With other researchers, thinkers, psychologists and even evolutionists at the end of the 19th century, he investigated psychic ability, fortune-telling, communicating with the dead and other paranormal phenomena. One of the ...