Experimental psychology and occult skepticism
Fact and Fable in Psychology
Joseph Jastrow1900
Intermediatecomplete
A critical scientific analysis of psychological phenomena and 'the occult,' including spiritualism, Christian Science, and telepathy. Jastrow seeks to distinguish legitimate psychological study from historical and modern pseudosciences, providing early psychological explanations for illusions and beliefs in the supernatural.
Also known asJastrow's Psychology
This edition1900
EditionHoughton, Mifflin and Company, Boston
Mediumship (as subject of critique)TelepathyMental healingFunctional PsychologyPseudosciencepsychological analysisPsychological experimentationLate-Victorian Psychology / Spiritualism CritiqueOccultismSpiritualism (critique)
Contents87 chapters
- 01FACT AND FABLE IN PSYCHOLOGY
- 02PREFACE
- 03THE MODERN OCCULT
- 04I
- 05II
- 06III
- 07IV
- 08V
- 09VI
- 10VII
- 11VIII
- 12IX
- 13X
- 14THE PROBLEMS OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
- 15I
- 16II
- 17III
- 18IV
- 19V
- 20THE LOGIC OF MENTAL TELEGRAPHY
- 21I
- 22II
- 23III
- 24IV
- 25V
- 26VI
- 27VII
- 28VIII
- 29THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DECEPTION
- 30I
- 31II
- 32III
- 33IV
- 34V
- 35VI
- 36THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPIRITUALISM
- 37I
- 38II
- 39III
- 40IV
- 41HYPNOTISM AND ITS ANTECEDENTS
- 42I
- 43II
- 44III
- 45IV
- 46V
- 47VI
- 48VII
- 49VIII
- 50IX
- 51X
- 52XI
- 53THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANALOGY
- 54I
- 55II
- 56III
- 57IV
- 58V
- 59VI
- 60VII
- 61VIII
- 62THE MIND'S EYE
- 63I
- 64II
- 65III
- 66IV
- 67MENTAL PREPOSSESSION AND INERTIA
- 68I
- 69II
- 70III
- 71A STUDY OF INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS
- 72I
- 73II
- 74III
- 75IV
- 76V
- 77VI
- 78THE DREAMS OF THE BLIND
- 79I
- 80II
- 81III
- 82IV
- 83V
- 84INDEX
- 85THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
- 86"Cover"
- 87The Project Gutenberg eBook of Fact and Fable in Psychology, by Joseph Jastrow.
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