Koestler Parapsychology Unit

Short description: University of Edinburgh research group

The Koestler Parapsychology Unit is a research group established in 1985 at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, to teach and conduct research concerning various aspects of parapsychology.[1] It hosts the only endowed chair of parapsychology in the UK, established by a bequest following the suicide in 1983 of internationally acclaimed intellectual, writer and journalist Arthur Koestler.[2] The first person to hold the chair, beginning in 1985, was Robert L. Morris.[2] John Beloff and Joshua Snyder were instrumental in setting it up.[3][4] The chair is currently held by Professor Caroline Watt.[5]

The unit interprets parapsychology events to include in its remit "what’s not psychic but looks like it" and makes no judgement about the mechanisms underlying apparent paranormal events.[2] Its focus is primarily on understanding why people believe they have psi experiences, and on how to improve the scientific rigour of studies.[6]

The unit includes the Koestler Parapsychology Library.[7]

## References

1. ↑ "Parapsychology". School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. University of Edinburgh. https://www.ed.ac.uk/ppls/psychology/prospective/postgraduate/research-programmes/research-interests/parapsychology.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Caroline Watt (July 2006). "20 years at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit". The Psychologist 19. https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-19/edition-7/20-years-koestler-parapsychology-unit. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
3. ↑ "History". Koestler Parapsychology Unit. 19 December 2014. https://koestlerunit.wordpress.com/history/.
4. ↑ "Former Staff". koestlerunit.wordpress.com. Koestler Parapsychology Unit. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
5. ↑ "((Home))". Koestler Parapsychology Unit. https://koestlerunit.wordpress.com/.
6. ↑ Wendy M. Grossman; "Searching for Rigor: Caroline Watt", The Skeptical Inquirer, 21 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
7. ↑ Koestler parapsychology library, University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. 31 May, 2022.

## External links

* Official website
* Caroline Watt interview, Brainwaves, BBC Radio Scotland (2015). (retrieved 18 February 2022).

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Parapsychology

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Topics|

* Apparitional experience
* Astral projection
* Auras
* Bilocation
* Clairvoyance
* Deathbed phenomena
* Dermo-optical perception
* Dream telepathy
* Ectoplasm
* Electronic voice phenomenon
* Extrasensory perception
* Ganzfeld experiment
* Ghosts
* Kirlian photography
* Levitation
* Materialization
* Mediumship
* Near-death experience
* Orb
* Out-of-body experience
* Pam Reynolds case
* Parapsychology research at SRI
* Past life regression
* Plant perception (paranormal)
* Poltergeist
* Precognition
* Psychic
* Psychic detective
* Psychic reading
* Psychic surgery
* Psychokinesis
* Psychometry
* Pyrokinesis
* Reincarnation
* Remote viewing
* Retrocognition
* Second sight
* Sensory leakage
* Spoon bending
* Telepathy
* Thoughtography
* Xenoglossy
* Zener cards

Active organizations|

* American Society for Psychical Research
* Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
* College of Psychic Studies
* Institut Métapsychique International
* Institute of Noetic Sciences
* International Association for Near-Death Studies
* Koestler Parapsychology Unit
* Parapsychological Association
* Parapsychology Foundation
* Rhine Research Center
* Society for Psychical Research
* The Ghost Club

Defunct organizations|

* American Psychical Institute
* British College of Psychic Science
* Cambridge Ghost Society
* International Club for Psychical Research
* International Institute for Psychical Research
* London Dialectical Society
* Metropolitan Psychical Society
* National Laboratory of Psychical Research
* Oxford Phasmatological Society
* Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory
* Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures

People|

* List of parapsychologists
* Skeptics of parapsychology

Publications|

* An Experiment with Time
* Extrasensory Perception
* Irreducible Mind
* Journal of Near-Death Studies
* Journal of Parapsychology
* Journal of Scientific Exploration
* Life After Life (Moody book)
* Life Before Life
* Mental Radio
* Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives
* Parapsychology
* The Roots of Coincidence
* Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation
* Varieties of Anomalous Experience

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Governance|

* Chancellor: The Princess Royal
* Rector: Ann Henderson
* Principal: Peter Mathieson
* General Council

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* Academic dress
* Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Parliamentary Constituency
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* affiliated Nobel laureates
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* Appleton Tower
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* Cameron Prize
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