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...first of a series of lectures to be given under the auspices of the Harvard Philosophical Club, was delivered last evening before a crowded audience, by Prof. George S. Fullerton, of the University of Pennsylvania. His subject was, The Present Condition of Psychical Research. After a few introductory remarks, he proceeded to divide psychical phenomena into five classes. 1. Asomatous, e. g., communication between mind and mind, apart from the ordinary way of communication. Chance will not account for this class of phenomena; for too many experiments have been performed by responsible persons, Prof. Barrett of Dublin, in particular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychical Research. | 3/4/1885 | See Source »

Harvard Philosophical Club. The Present Condition of Psychical Research. Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton, of the University of Pennsylvania. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 3/2/1885 | See Source »

...first lecture of the club on "The present condition of Psychical Research," by Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton, will undoubtedly attract a large audience. Prof. Fullerton of the University of Pennsylvania, occupies a unique position which gives special weight to his opinions on this subject. The professorship-which he holds was established from a fund left by a wealthy spiritualist. The purpose of the professorship was the investigation of spiritualism, and similar phenomena. It is a new and interesting field for investigation, and the wide-spread interest which the subject has aroused, has led to the establishment in England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/27/1885 | See Source »

Tuesday, March 3. The present condition of physical Research, by Prof. Geo. S. Fullerton of University of Pennsylvania...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Philosophical Club. | 2/26/1885 | See Source »

...instructor's lecture, not only for the purpose of having a synopsis of the work and a guide for outside reading, but also because there are some things which he says which it is impossible to find elsewhere, or, if to be found at all, only after toilsome research. If the disagreeableness of note-taking were the only drawback, we would have little to complain of; but the great trouble is that while industriously taking down some important portion of thought, and are henceforth unable to profit by the instructor's remarks. If, now, there were in our curriculum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/24/1885 | See Source »