Organization:Parapsychological Association
The Parapsychological Association (PA) was formed in 1957 as a professional society for parapsychologists following an initiative by Joseph B. Rhine. Its purpose has been "to advance parapsychology as a science, to disseminate knowledge of the field, and to integrate the findings with those of other branches of science." The work of the association is reported in the Journal of Parapsychology and the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.[1]
The Parapsychological Association became affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1969, and it is still an affiliate as of 2019.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
History
The Association was created in Durham, North Carolina, on June 19, 1957. Its formation was proposed by Rhine, then Director of the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University, at a Workshop in Parapsychology held there. Using the occasion afforded by this wide representation of the field, Rhine proposed that the group form itself into the nucleus of an international professional society in parapsychology.[citation needed]
Its first president was R. A. McConnell, then of the Biophysics Department, University of Pittsburgh, and the first vice-president was Gertrude R. Schmeidler of the Department of Psychology, City College of New York. Rhea White was named Secretary Treasurer. Four others were elected to the council, bringing the total to seven: Margaret Anderson, Remi J. Cadoret, Karlis Osis, and W. G. Roll. One of the co-founding supporters of PA was anthropologist Margaret Mead.[8]
In 1984, Richard Feynman spoke at the annual convention of the association.[9]
Activities
In 1969 the association became formally affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[10][11] The work of the association is reported in the Journal of Parapsychology and the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.[1]
The current president of the PA is American clinical psychologist James C. Carpenter.[12]
Criticism
The association has its critics, including physicist John Archibald Wheeler, who tried but failed to convince the AAAS to expel the organization in 1979.[13] During his presentation Wheeler incorrectly stated that J. B. Rhine had committed fraud as a student. Wheeler retracted that statement in a letter to the journal Science.[14]
See also
- American Society for Psychical Research
- International Association for Near-Death Studies
- Society for Psychical Research
- List of parapsychology topics
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Psi Journals & Publications". Parapsychological Association. http://www.parapsych.org/psi_journals.html. (primary source)
- ↑ "Parapsychology and the Integrity of Science". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1979/08/26/parapsychology-and-the-integrity-of-science/c610e457-acf7-4efa-b894-a5fb3bbee0e9/.
- ↑ "List of AAAS Affiliates". AAAS. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://www.aaas.org/group/60/list-aaas-affiliates.
- ↑ "About The Parapsychological Association". Parapsychological Association. Parapsychological Association. https://www.parapsych.org/base/about.aspx.
- ↑ "Parapsychology". Annalisa Ventola. Annalisa Ventola. http://www.annalisaventola.com/research/.
- ↑ "What is Parapsychology?". Parapsychology and Magic. Russian Information Network. https://istina.rin.ru/cgi-bin/eng/print.pl?sait=2&id=599.
- ↑ "What on earth?". Halfway There. 18 August 2007. http://zenoferox.blogspot.com/2007/08/what-on-earth.html.
- ↑ Melton, J. G. (1996). Parapsychological Association. In Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. Thomson Gale. ISBN 978-0-8103-9487-2.
- ↑ Solfvin, Jerry. "Preface: The Twenty-seventh Annual Convention". in White, Rhea; Solfvin, Jerry. Research in parapsychology, 1984 : abstracts and papers from the twenty-seventh Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, 1984. London: Scarecrow Press. p. vii. https://archive.org/details/researchinparaps0000para_j8i4.
- ↑ Etzel Cardeña (January 27, 2014). "A call for an open, informed study of all aspects of consciousness". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8: 17. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00017. PMID 24478682.
- ↑ "AAAS Affiliates". American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/affiliates/.
- ↑ "Board of Directors - The Parapsychological Association". http://www.parapsych.org/section/35/board_of_directors.aspx.
- ↑ Wheeler, John Archibald. "Drive the Pseudos out of the Workshop of Science". http://seattleskeptics.org/pages/events.htm.
- ↑ Wheeler, J. A. (1979). "Parapsychology - A correction". Science 205 (4402): 144–148. doi:10.1126/science.205.4402.144-b. PMID 17750301.
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