Parapsychology: Science or Pseudo-Science?
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Do paranormal or parapsychologicalinvestigationsmeet the criteria often said to characterize pseudo-science? Mainstream and non-mainstream research is compared through content analysis of selected samples of mainstream journals from several fields and of non-mainstream (‘‘fringe’’) journals. Oral communication processes were studied at an annual meeting of the ParapsychologicalAssociation. Though certain quantitative differences were noted, qualitative distinctions were not found that could justify classification of parapsychology as pseudo-science. To warrant that, other criteria to define science would need to be established.
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