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PHIL 229 - Explaining the Paranormal

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: One 100-level, three-credit course in philosophy
An application of ideas about personal experience, problem solving, evidence, observation, testimony, theory-acceptance, and proof to claims about paranormal phenomena including ESP, near-death experiences, UFO abductions, psychic forecasting, miracle cures, and reincarnation. The course considers the extent and limits of our ability to explain such phenomena as well as the arguments of those who are skeptical about the paranormal. Offered alternate years. (CHUM)