The Logic of ESP

A. D. JONAS and D. F. KLEINAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.8.1173

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The authors place extrasensory perception (ESP) in the field of psychology, using as a basis the possibility that ESP, like thought itself, is an emergent quality of brain tissue. While they describe the unscientific atmosphere surrounding these phenomena, they plead for an open mind toward ESP, citing its appearance throughout history and comparing the difficulty of measuring it with the difficulty of measuring psychological phenomena.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 8 • February 1970

Pages: 1173 - 1177

PubMed: 5411376

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Published in print: February 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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A. D. JONAS

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D. F. KLEIN

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Research director, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, 64 E. 94th St., New York, N. Y. 10028, research fellow, department of neurology and psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y.

Science writer, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, 64 E. 94th St., New York, N. Y. 10028

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