Robert H. Thouless
Robert Henry Thouless (July 15, 1894 – September 25, 1984) was a British psychologist and parapsychologist. He is best known as the author of Straight and Crooked Thinking (1930, 1953), which describes flaws in reasoning and argument.[1]
He studied at Cambridge University where he earned B.A. hons in 1914, an M.A. in 1919 and a Ph.D. in 1922. He was a lecturer in psychology at the universities of Manchester, Glasgow and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge. He wrote on parapsychology and conducted experiments in card-calling and psychokinesis.[2] His own experiments did not confirm the results of J. B. Rhine and he criticised the experimental protocols of previous experimenters.[3]
He is credited with introducing the word psi as a term for parapsychological phenomena in a 1942 article in the British Journal of Psychology.[4] He served as President of the Society for Psychical Research from 1942 to 1944.
Publications
- An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion (1923)
- The Lady Julian: A Psychological Study (1924)
- Social Psychology: A Text Book for Students of Economics (1925)
- Experimental Physical Research (1963)
- Mind and Consciousness in Experimental Psychology (1963)
- Rationality and Prejudice (1964)
- Straight and Crooked Thinking (1968)
- From Anecdote to Experiment in Psychical Research (1972)
References
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- ↑ Gale Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology: Robert Henry Thouless
- ↑ James Randi. (1997). Robert Henry Thouless in An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-15119-5
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External links
- An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural – describes Thouless' test for survival after death.
- David J. Thouless, Robert's son - Wolfe prize winning physicist.
