Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 240–277
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.240
Physicalism
Hartmann Römer
Abstract – Physicalism is the belief, that the world is in principle completely understandable in terms of physics. We give examples of some world models proposed by competent physicists in the spirit of physicalism. Subsequently, we subject physicalism to a critical analysis from an epistemological position. We present some alternatives to physicalism.
Keywords: naturalism – physicalism – epistemology – matter-mind problem – emergence – quantum theory – ontology
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 278–311
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.278
Astrology and Science – A Precarious Relationship.
Part 2: Considerations on Empirical Investigations on the Validity of Astrology
Abstract – In Part 2 of “Astrology and Science: A Precarious Relationship”, the results of some population surveys are first presented to reveal definition problems in determining astrology. If investigating “astrology”, which concepts and practices to include are of crucial importance. After definitional clarification, the anomalistic aspects of astrology or astrological practice are attended to with a distinction made between the above-below-theorem as the traditional basic assumption of astrology and possible psi phenomena that can occur in astrological counseling practice. Further sections describe problems in scientific studies on the validity of astrology. Such problems could have led to the failure of these efforts. Furthermore, specific methodological problems in the investigation of the above-below-theorem and in matching tests are addressed. In a final step, various scientific approaches to astrology are listed with their respective specific questions, methodological approaches and relevance for the scientific world view or astrological practice.
Keywords: astrology – population surveys – definition – empirical studies – methodological problems – above-below-theorem – psi phenomena
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 312–355
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.312
Psychical Research in Greece: The 1935 European lectures of Angelos Tanagras
Fotini Pallikari
Abstract – The Greek Society for Psychical Research (GSPR), which flourished for 35 years in the 20th century, is currently not well recognized within parapsychology circles, either in its name or in its activities. Possible reasons may be its relatively short life almost entirely driven by the continuous efforts of one person, its co-founder and only president Dr. Angelos Evangelidis Tanagras (1875–1971). The current article pays a tribute to the many contributions of the Greek Society for Psychical Research to the international parapsychology, triggered by a recently recovered old manuscript, the typed German text of the renowned lectures that Tanagras delivered in Europe in year 1935. Tanagras had showed a film of Cleio performing telekinesis on a compass needle and had discussed the psychical research activities of the GSPR. He included in the lecture his theory of psychobolia, of which a summary is presented here. The content of these lectures is presented in the form of excerpts building the basis for the examination of the past research activities of GSPR. In a second part of the article, the mysterious case of the telekinetic medium Cleio will be further investigated, and finally the possible reasons why the GSPR has not survived until our current time are examined.
Keywords: history of parapsychology – Greek history – Greek Society for Psychical Research – psychic phenomena
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 356–362
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.356
Continued Discussions on Previous Papers
Re the paper by Ulrich Magin, “Suddenly the Bed Drawer Rose”. A Knocking Ghost 1852/1853 in Bergzabern, Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), pp. 168–177
- Eberhard Bauer: Small addition to the source situation
Re the paper by Uwe Schellinger, Marc Wittmann, and Andreas Anton, “It is all so strangely intertwined”: A Discussion Between Hans Bender and Carl Gustav Jung About Synchronicity in 1960, Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 19 (2019), pp. 420–467
- Matthias Güldenstein: The lullaby sung by the deceased mother was the magic remedy
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 363–372
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.363
Obituaries: Mary Rose Barrington
- Peter Mulacz: Mary Rose Barrington (1926–2020) – R.I.P.
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Zofia Weaver: Mary Rose, remembered by Zofia Weaver
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 373–374
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.373
Obituary: Erlendur Haraldsson (1931–2020) – „A True Viking“
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 375–410
DOI: 10.23793/zfa.2020.375
Book Reviews
- Axel Lange (2020). Evolutionstheorie im Wandel – Ist Darwin überholt?
Reviewer: Stephan Krall - Andreas Anton, Michael Schetsche (2020). Sie sind da. Wie der Erstkontakt mit Aliens unsere Gesellschaft verändern könnte – ein Gedankenexperiment
Reviewer: Gerhard Mayer - David Goudsward (2020). Sun, Sand, and Sea-Serpents
Reviewer: Ulrich Magin - Netzwerk für Kryptozoologie (Hrsg.) (2020). Jahrbuch für Kryptozoologie, Jg. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Reviewer: Leif Inselmann - Shai Feraro (2020). Women and Gender Issues in British Paganism, 1945–1990
Reviewer: Meret Fehlmann - Ulrich Magin (2019). Pfälzer Entdecker und Pioniere: unbekannt, vergessen und verkannt
Reviewer: Peter Ehret - Martin Ehlers (Hrsg.) (2020). Alltagsmagie. Riten, Schutzzauber und Bauopfer
Reviewer: Gerhard Mayer
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Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), No. 3, pp. 411–422
Abstract Service
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