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Who was John Beloff?
(1920-2006) |
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 Autobiography
"One of the temptations that a biographer must resist is the use of
hindsight to give a spurious continuity to the life in question and thereby
ignoring the part played by sheer chance. Parapsychology is such a deviant
pursuit in our society that it is nevertheless proper to inquire how someone
gets drawn into it. Perhaps the two most common explanations, in this
connection, are the following. The individual in question may at some stage
of his or her life have had intimations of the paranormal so impressive or
disturbing that thereafter the topic became a consuming passion.
Alternatively, and less dramatically, an interest in the paranormal may have
been so strongly embedded in that person's family background and traditions
that the seeds were sown from an early age..."
Read John Beloff's complete autobiography at his
Personal Website. |
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BOOKS |
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| 1993 |
- Parapsychology: A Concise History
- London: Athlone Press
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| 1990 |
- The Relentless Question: Reflections on the Paranormal
- London: McFarland
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| 1973 |
- Psychological Sciences: A Review of Modern Psychology
- London: Crosby Lockwood Staples;
- New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974;
- Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1976 (Dutch);
- Mexico City: El Manual Moderno, 1979 (Spanish)
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| 1962 |
- The Existence of Mind
- London: McGibbon & Kee;
- New York: Citadel
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BOOKS EDITED |
| 1989 |
- John R. Smythies and John Beloff
- The Case for Dualism
- Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia
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| 1974 |
- New Directions in Parapsychology
- with Afterword by Arthur Koestler
- London: Elek Science;
- Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1975;
- Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 1975 (Dutch);
- Olten: Walter, 1980 (German),
- with a new introduction by B. Bauer & K. Kornwachs;
- Tokyo: Nagagami, 1986 (Japanese)
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| 1989 |
- Extreme Phenomena and the problem of credibility
- In G.K. Zollschan, J.F.Schumaker, & G F. Walsh (Eds.) (1989).
- The Rhine Legacy
- Philosophical Psychology 2 , 231-39
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| 1988 |
- The history of psychology in one lecture
- Edinburgh Review 78/9 , 65-74
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- Parapsychology and Physics: Can they be reconciled?
- Theoretical Parapsychology 6, 23-9
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| 1987 |
- Comments on J.G. Pratt's
- "Some notes for the future Einstein for parapsychology."
- In Pratt (1987)
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- Parapsychology and the mind-body problem.
- In R.L. Gregory (1987)
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- The Importance of Psychical Research
- S.P.R. pamphlet
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- Parapsychology
- In A.V. Campbell (Ed.)
- A Dictionary of Pastoral Care
- London: SPCK
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- Parapsychology: The continuing impasse
- Journal of Scientific Exploration 1, 191-6
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- Parapsychology and the mind-body problem
- Inquiry 30, 215-25
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- In what way is psi anomalous?
- [invited commentary on K. Rao & J. Palmer's "The anomaly called psi"
and on J. Alcock's "Parapsychology: science of the anomalous or search for
the soul?"]
- Behavioral & Brain Sciences 10 , p.570
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| 1986 |
- Retrodiction
- Parapsychology Review 17, No.1, 1-5
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- What is your counter-explanation? A plea to skeptics to think again.
- In Kurtz (1986).
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- George Zorab and "Katie King."
- In F.W.J. Snel (Ed.)
- In Honour of G.A.M. Zorab
- Amsterdam: N.V.P
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- Killing or letting die: Is there a valid moral distinction?
- Euthanasia Review 1, 208-12
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| 1985 |
- Science, religion and the paranormal
- Free Inquiry 5, 36-41
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- Parapsychology and radical dualism
- Journal of Religious & Psychical Research 8 , 3-10
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- The meaning of psi: the Western perspective
- Journal of Indian Psychology 4 , 1-12
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- Parapsychology and the expectation of progress
- European Journal of Parapsychology 6, 71-9
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- Robert Henry Thouless: an appreciation
- Journal of Parapsychology 49, 221-7
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| 1984 |
- The reality of psi
- New Ideas in Psychology 2, 51-5
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- Hypnotism and the paranormal
- Changes 2, 45-7
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- Research strategies for dealing with unstable phenomena
- Parapsychology Review 15, No. 1,1-7
- [reprinted in Parapsychology Foundation (1(185)]
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| 1983 |
- B. Markwick & J. Beloff
- Dream States and ESP: A distance experiment with a single subject
- Research in Parapsychology 1982, 228-30 (abstract)
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- Arthur Koestler, Psychologist
- Encounter 61, 28-31
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- Three open questions
- Parapsychology Review 14, No.1, 1-6.
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| 1982 |
- Why we need a commission of inquiry
- Research in Parapsychology 1981, 129-31 (abstract)
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- M. Thalbourne, J. Beloff & D. Delanoy
- A test for the "extraverted sheep versus introverted goat hypothesis"
- Research in Parapsychology 1981, 155-6 (abstract)
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- Die Fingerabdrücke von Psi [transl.]
- Zeitschrift für Parapsych etc. 24,13-23
- Reprinted in E. Bauer & W. von Lucadou (Eds.)
- Spektrum der Parapsychologie: Hans Bender zum 75 Geburstag
- Freiburg: Auru. 1983
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- Psychical research and psychology
- In Grattan-Guinness (1982)
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| 1981 |
- Das Paranormale: kan die Kontroversie beiglegt werden? [transl.]
- In H.P. Duerr (Ed.)
- Der Wissenschaftler und das Irrationale
- Frankfurt: Syndikat. Vol.2
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- J.B. Rhine on the nature of psi
- Journal of Parapsychology 45, 41-54
- Reprinted in Rao (1982)
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- J. Beloff, D. Emmet, M. Morgan, R. Sheldrake, I. Thompson
- Discussion on memory
- Theoria to Theory 14, 187-203
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| 1980 |
- I. Stevenson & J. Beloff
- An analysis of some suspect drop-in communications
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 427-48
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- Parapsychology
- In Colliers Encyclopedia
- New York: Macmillan
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- Dr. J.G. Pratt: An obituary
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 294-6
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- Coming to terms with parapsychology
- Encounter 54, 86-91
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- Is normal memory a "paranormal" phenomenon?
- Theoria to Theory 14,145-61
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- Could there be a physical explanation of psi?
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 263-72
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- Seven evidential experiments
- [with invited commentaries from 13 contributors and a reply by the
author]
- Zetetic Scholar 6 , 91-120
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| 1979 |
- Current directions in European parapsychology: Great Britain
- Research in Parapsychology 1978 , 1-2 (symposium)
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- Changing concepts of mind and matter: in defense of the
psychobiological paradigm
- Research in Parapsychology 1978 , 11-12 (symposium).
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- Parapsicologia
- In Dirionario Enciclopedico.
- Milan: Unedi
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- The categories of psi: the case for retention
- European Journal of Parapsychology 3, 69-78.
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- Voluntary movement, biofeedback and PK
- In Parapsychology Foundation
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- The importance of parapsychology: a reply to H.B. Gibson
- Bulletin of the British Psychology Society 32, 244-6.
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| 1978 |
- Is mind autonomous?
- [essay review of Popper & Eccles (1977)]
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 29 , 265-83.
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- Why parapsychology is still on trial
- Human Nature 1, 68-77.
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- R. Broughton, B. Millar, J. Beloff & K. Wilson. A
- PK investigation of the experimenter effect and its psi based
component
- Research in Parapsychology 1977 , 41-8 (abstract).
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- The limits of parapsychology
- European Journal of Parapsychology 2 , 291-302.
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- The inevitability of dualism
- [invited commentary on Puccetti & Dykes'
- "Sensory cortex and the mind-brain problem"]
- Behavioral & Brain Sciences 3 , p. 347.
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| 1977 |
- The Geller controversy: the current state of play
- Research in Parapsychology 1976 , 199-200 (symposium).
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- Backward Causation
- Parapsychology Review 8 , No. 1, 1-5
- [reprinted in Parapsychology Foundation ].
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- Psi phenomena: causal versus acausal interpretation
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 49 , 573-82.
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| 1976 |
- Mind-body interactionism in the light of the parapsychological
evidence.
- Theoria toTheory 10 , 125-37.
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- On trying to make sense of the paranormal
- Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 56 , 173-95.
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| 1975 |
- I sogni che annunciano il futuro
- European Journal of Parapsychology 1 , 14-22.
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- The study of the paranormal as an educative experience
- In Parapsychology Foundation. (1975).
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| 1974 |
- ESP: The search for a physiological index
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 47 , 403-20.
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- The study of the paranormal as an educative experience
- In Parapsychology Foundation. (1975).
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| 1973 |
- A note on an ostensibly precognitive dream
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 47 , 217-21.
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- The mind-body problem as it now stands
- Virginia Quarterly Review 49 , 251-64.
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- Belief and doubt
- Research in Parapsychology 1972 , 189-200.
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| 1972 |
- The scientist as oracle
- [essay-review ofJacques Monod's Chance and Necessity ]
- Virginia Quarterly Review 48 , 289-92.
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- Parapsychology
- In H. Eysenck, R. Meili & W. Arnold (eds.). Fncyclopedia of
Psychology.
- London: Search Press.
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| 1971 |
- J. Beloff& D. Bate
- An attempt to replicate the Schmidt findings
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 46 , 21-30.
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- J. Beloff & D. Bate
- Psi efficiency: a formal comparison of three different measures
- Journal of Parapsychology 35 , 273-89.
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| 1970 |
- Creative thinking in art and science
- British Journal of Aesthetics 10 , 58-70.
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- Parapsychology and its neighbours
- Journal of Parapsychology 34 , 129-42.
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- A. Parker & J. Beloff
- Hypnotically induced clairvoyant dreams: a partial replication and
attempted confirmation.
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 64 ,
432-42
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- J. Beloff& D. Bate
- Research report for the year 1968/69
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 45 , 297-301.
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- J. Beloff, M. Cowles & D. Bate
- Autonomic reactions to emotive stimuli under sensory and extrasensory
conditions of presentation.
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 64 ,
313-19
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| 1969 |
- The "sweethearts" experiment
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 45, 1-6.
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- Current problems in parapsychology
- Synapse 20, 21-8 (journal of the Edinburgh Medical School).
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- J. Beloff& T. Regan
- The Edinburgh Electronic ESP Tester (E.E.E.T.)
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 45, 7-13.
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| 1968 |
- ESP: proof from Prague?
- New Scientist 10, 76-7.
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- God and parapsychology: reflections on Sir Alister Hardy's The Divine
Flame.
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 62 ,
217-22.
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| 1967 |
- Parapsychology as science
- International Journal of Parapsychology 9, 91-8.
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- Report on the Maimonides Dream Laboratory
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44, 24-7.
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- J. Beloff & I. Mandleberg
- An attempted validation of the "waiting technique"
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44 , 82-87.
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- Can paranormal abilities be learned?
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 61 ,
120-9.
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| 1966 |
- J. Beloff & I. Mandleberg
- An attempted validation of the "RyzI technique" for training ESP
subjects
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 46, 229-49.
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| 1965 |
- J. Smythies & J. Beloff
- The influence ofstereotactic surgery on ESP
- Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 43, 20-4.
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- M. RyzI &J. Beloff
- Loss of stability of ESP performance in a high-scoring subject
- Journal of Parapsychology 29, 1-12.
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- The Identity Hypothesis: a critique
- In Smythies (1965). Humanism and the paranormal.
- The Humanist 80, 176-80.
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| 1964 |
- Matter and manner
- [invited commentary on E. Girden's "A review of psychokinesis"]
- International Journal of Parapsychology 6, 93-9.
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- What are we up to?
- Journal of Parapsychology 28, 302-10.
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| 1963 |
- The mind-body relationship
- Modern Churchman 7, 33-41.
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- Explaining the paranormal
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 42 ,
101-14.
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| 1962 |
- Ratio judgment and the psychophysics of rectangles
- Journal of General Psychology 66 , 71-83.
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| 1961 |
- J. Beloff & H. Beloff
- The influence of valence of distance judgments of human faces
- Abnormal & Social Psychology 62 , 720-22.
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- The stripe paradox
- British Journal of Psychology 52 , 323-31.
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- J. Beloff & L. Evans
- A radioactive test of psychokinesis
- Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 41 ,
41-5.
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- Some comments on the Gombrich problem
- British Journal of Aesthetics 1 , 62-70.
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| 1959 |
- H. Beloff & J. Beloff
- Unconscious self-evaluation using a stereoscope
- Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology 59, 275-8.
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| 1957 |
- Method of serial extrapolation
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 9 , 155-68.
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| 1956 |
- R.B. Cattell &John Beloff
- The factorial stmcture of the personality of 11 year-old children
across three techniques [in French]
- Revue de Psychologie Appliquée 6, 65-89.
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- Facts, values and moral solipsism
- Journal of Philosophy 53, 541-8.
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| 1955 |
- R.B. Cattell, D. Blewett &John Beloff
- The Inheritance of Personality
- American Journal of Human Genetics 7, 122-46.
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