ESP and credibility in science.

The philosophy of science as proclaimed and science as practiced: "Identity" or "dualism?"

“…Concerning presuppositions like "the world is predictable," Pap contends that they "merely express beliefs or hopes which motivate the scientist to do what he does [p. 25]," the "merely" apparently implying that we need concern ourselves little with such "beliefs or hopes." Invoking the analogy of a lawyer's behavior in court, Pap acknowledges that presuppositions about procedures such as crossexamination of witnesses ("that it will produce relevant evidence") constitute "a causal condition d Scc also McConnell (1969). B Many of the central assertions of the "dualislic" view arc expressed in an unpublished paper (1968) by physicist-philosopher David Bohm and his colleague, D. L. Schumacher.…”

Science, sanity, and ESP.

“…I would like to respond to R. A. McConnell's (1969) article on ESP from the point of view of a physicist with a more than casual interest in the philosophy and psychology of science. I begin from the point of view that science is the acquisition of nondelusional knowledge about the universe and all the things in it.…”

Sidelight on McConnell.

“…An interesting sidelight on the recent article on ESP by McConnell (1969) is that he ignored a pertinent critique (Humphreys, 1956) of one of the articles (Mc-Connell, Snowdon, Si Powell, 19SS) that he listed in the reading materials for students. An omission of this sort detracts from McConnell's credibility as a scientist.…”