Psience News - 8-14 March 2020: Difference between revisions
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*A review by John Rimmer of [http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/03/curses-ancient-and-modern.html "Cursed Britain, A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times"] by Thomas Waters (2019) has appeared at Magonia Review ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-witchcraft?pid=33672#pid33672 Discuss]) | *A review by John Rimmer of [http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/03/curses-ancient-and-modern.html "Cursed Britain, A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times"] by Thomas Waters (2019) has appeared at Magonia Review ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-witchcraft?pid=33672#pid33672 Discuss]) | ||
*A book by S. D. Tucker entitled [https://www.amberley-books.com/blithe-spirits.html "Blithe Spirits: An Imaginative History of the Poltergeist"] (2020) has been published ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=33687#pid33687 Discuss]) | |||
===Interviews=== | ===Interviews=== | ||
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*An article by Deborah Nash entitled [https://londonist.com/london/secret/ghost-club-london-visit-join "At The London Ghost Club Which Meets Up In Old Pubs"] has appeared on the Londonist website ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=33664#pid33664 Discuss]) | *An article by Deborah Nash entitled [https://londonist.com/london/secret/ghost-club-london-visit-join "At The London Ghost Club Which Meets Up In Old Pubs"] has appeared on the Londonist website ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=33664#pid33664 Discuss]) | ||
*A post by Andreas Sommer entitled [https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/what-is-the-history-of-science-and-magic-good-for/ "What is the Historical Study of Science and Magic Good for?"] has appeared at Forbidden Histories ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-what-is-the-historical-study-of-science-and-magic-good-for?pid=33677#pid33677 Discuss]) | |||
*A post by Andreas Sommer entitled [http://www.forbiddenhistories.com/nora-sidgwick/ "Women at the Margins: Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (1845-1936)"] has appeared at Forbidden Histories ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-eleanor-sidgwick?pid=33673#pid33673 Discuss]) | |||
*An article by Benjamin Radford entitled [https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/sylvia-brownes-non-psychic-non-coronavirus-prediction/ "Sylvia Browne's Non-Psychic, Non-Coronavirus Prediction"] has appeared at the Center for Inquiry ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-sylvia-browne-s-alleged-coronavirus-prediction?pid=33685#pid33685 Discuss]) | |||
===Psi Encyclopedia=== | ===Psi Encyclopedia=== | ||
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*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/simon-sherwood Simon Sherwood] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33669#pid33669 Discuss]) | *[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/simon-sherwood Simon Sherwood] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33669#pid33669 Discuss]) | ||
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/titus-rivas Titus Rivas] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33669#pid33669 Discuss]) | *[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/titus-rivas Titus Rivas] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33669#pid33669 Discuss]) | ||
===Obituaries=== | |||
*An [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/11/donald-west-obituary obituary of Donald West] has appeared at the Guardian ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-donald-j-west?pid=33686#pid33686 Discuss]) | |||
==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ||
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*An article by Steve Paulson entitled [http://nautil.us/blog/why-philip-pullman-is-obsessed-with-panpsychism "Why Philip Pullman Is Obsessed with Panpsychism"] has appeared at Nautilus ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-his-dark-materials-panpsychism-at-play?pid=33666#pid33666 Discuss]) | *An article by Steve Paulson entitled [http://nautil.us/blog/why-philip-pullman-is-obsessed-with-panpsychism "Why Philip Pullman Is Obsessed with Panpsychism"] has appeared at Nautilus ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-his-dark-materials-panpsychism-at-play?pid=33666#pid33666 Discuss]) | ||
*An article by Virginia Morell entitled [https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/new-zealand-birds-show-humanlike-ability-make-predictions "New Zealand birds show humanlike ability to make predictions"] has appeared at Science ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-zealand-birds-show-humanlike-ability-to-make-predictions?pid=33678#pid33678 Discuss]) | |||
*An article by Grace Browne entitled [https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/relationship-between-two-brain-networks-keeps-us-conscious "346 people's brains reveal an integral relationship that may explain human conscious"] has appeared at Inverse ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-cracking-consciousness-once-and-for-all?pid=33681#pid33681 Discuss]) | |||
==Upcoming events== | ==Upcoming events== | ||