AN INTRODUCTION TO PARAPSYCHOLOGY (5TH ED.) by Harvey J. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007. Pp. viii + 312. $39.95 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-7846-3059-8.
This may very well be the most popular introductory text to parapsychology (notice that it is in its 5th edition, a record that is probably unrivaled in recent parapsychology books). As such, it deserves special scrutiny from the psi community, as this may be the first and only exposure that university students have to the field. After acknowledgments, the book starts with an Introduction that defines parapsychology as the scientific study of experiences that seem to transcend human capabilities as ...