1st Edition

Frames of Meaning The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science

By HM Collins, TJ Pinch Copyright 1982
    222 Pages
    by Routledge

    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1982. Taking a radical interpretation of the Kuhnian concept of paradigm incommensurability, the authors begin by discussing the difficulties of gaining access to the ideas of communities with different rational categories, and then define the subject area of parapsychology, offering a review of the relevant literature. After exploring parapsychology’s compatibility with science, physics, psychology and quantum theory, the authors move on from this predominantly theoretical framework, and devote the middle section to an empirical study of metal bending. They conclude with an examination of the results, analyse diverse interpretations and investigate the consequences for the idea of scientific revolution.

    INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE IDEA OF SOCIO-COGNITIVE DISCONTINUITY AND ITS PROBLEMS; Chapter 2 PARANORMAL METAL BENDING RESEARCH; Chapter 3 IS PARAPSYCHOLOGY COMPATIBLE WITH SCIENCE?; Chapter 4 IS PARAPSYCHOLOGY COMPATIBLE WITH SCIENCE?; Chapter 5 PARANORMAL METAL BENDING AT BATH; Chapter 6 PARANORMAL METAL BENDING AT BATH; Chapter 7 EXPERIMENT AND PARADIGM; Chapter 8 EXPERIMENT AND PARADIGM; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Name Index; Subject Index;

    Biography

    H. M. Collins, T. J. Pinch