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Article: Correspondence.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Parapsychology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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To the Editor:
I recently read Robin Taylor's review of Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (JP, 65, 90-96) and felt an immediate desire to defend the book and its author, Rupert Sheldrake. I turned to Sheldrake's response (JP, 65, 199-202) and Taylor's answer to Sheldrake (JP, 65, 202-204). Sheldrake presented a technical argument, but I still feel he did not cover the heart of the issue: intent. Who was his intended audience, and what were Rupert Sheldrake's intentions in writing the book?
Sheldrake wrote the book for the masses, and not just as an outreach. His target audience was also the general pet-owning public, some of whom were ...