Richard Hodgson and colleagues' Report of a Committee Appointed to Investigate Phenomena Connected with Eusapia Palladino, published in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research in 1895, is the peer-reviewed account of the Cambridge sittings that concluded the medium Palladino cheated whenever her hands and feet were not fully physically controlled by the investigators. Its authority rests on the Society for Psychical Research's own rigorous investigative tradition and the committee's direct, controlled observation. It documents this specific investigation's finding; other sittings with Palladino under different controls produced different reports, a genuinely contested history this report is only one part of.
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Richard Hodgson and colleagues' Report of a Committee Appointed to Investigate Phenomena Connected with Eusapia Palladino, published in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research in 1895, the top tier reflecting the Society's own rigorous investigative tradition and the committee's direct, controlled observation concluding the medium cheated whenever not fully physically controlled, notwithstanding that other sittings with Palladino under different controls produced different reports, a genuinely contested history this report is only one part of. Notes1895 Cambridge sittings concluding Palladino cheated whenever her hands and feet were not fully controlled.
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AuthorRichard Hodgson et al.
PublisherProceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 11
Publication Year1895
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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