1996

 

 

 

 

Books

1993
Parapsychology: A Concise History
London: Athlone Press
1990
The Relentless Question: Reflections on the Paranormal
London: McFarland
1973
Psychological Sciences: A Review of Modern Psychology
London: Crosby Lockwood Staples;
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1974;
Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1976 (Dutch);
Mexico City: El Manual Moderno, 1979 (Spanish)
1962
The Extstence of Mind
London: McGibbon & Kee;
New York: Citadel

 

Books Edited

1989
John R. Smythies and John Beloff
The Case for Dualism
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia
1974
New Directions in Parapsychology
with Afterword by Arthur Koestler
London: Elek Science;
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1975;
Rotterdam: Lemniscaat, 1975 (Dutch);
Olten: Walter, 1980 (German),
with a new introduction by B. Bauer & K. Kornwachs;
Tokyo: Nagagami, 1986 (Japanese)

 

Articles

1989
Extreme Phenomena and the problem of credibility
In G.K. Zollschan, J.F.Schumaker, & G F. Walsh (Eds.) (1989).
The Rhine Legacy
Philosophical Psychology 2 , 231-39

1988
The history of psychology in one lecture
Edinburgh Review 78/9 , 65-74
 
Parapsychology and Physics: Can they be reconciled?
Theoretical Parapsychology 6, 23-9

1987
Comments on J.G. Pratt's
"Some notes for the future Einstein for parapsychology."
In Pratt (1987)
 
Parapsychology and the mind-body problem.
In R.L. Gregory (1987)
 
The Importance of Psychical Research
S.P.R. pamphlet
 
Parapsychology
In A.V. Campbell (Ed.)
A Dictionary of Pastoral Care
London: SPCK
 
Parapsychology: The continuing impasse
Journal of Scientific Exploration 1, 191-6
 
Parapsychology and the mind-body problem
Inquiry 30, 215-25
 
In what way is psi anomalous?
[invited commentary on K. Rao & J. Palmer's "The anomaly called psi" and on J. Alcock's "Parapsychology: science of the anomalous or search for the soul?"]
Behavioral & Brain Sciences 10 , p.570

1986
Retrodiction
Parapsychology Review 17, No.1, 1-5
 
What is your counter-explanation? A plea to skeptics to think again.
In Kurtz (1986).
 
George Zorab and "Katie King."
In F.W.J. Snel (Ed.)
In Honour of G.A.M. Zorab
Amsterdam: N.V.P
 
Killing or letting die: Is there a valid moral distinction?
Euthanasia Review 1, 208-12

1985
Science, religion and the paranormal
Free Inquiry 5, 36-41
 
Parapsychology and radical dualism
Journal of Religious & Psychical Research 8 , 3-10
 
The meaning of psi: the Western perspective
Journal of Indian Psychology 4 , 1-12
 
Parapsychology and the expectation of progress
European Journal of Parapsychology 6, 71-9
 
Robert Henry Thouless: an appreciation
Journal of Parapsychology 49, 221-7

1984
The reality of psi
New Ideas in Psychology 2, 51-5
 
Hypnotism and the paranormal
Changes 2, 45-7
 
Research strategies for dealing with unstable phenomena
Parapsychology Review 15, No. 1,1-7
[reprinted in Parapsychology Foundation (1(185)]

1983
B. Markwick & J. Beloff
Dream States and ESP: A distance experiment with a single subject
Research in Parapsychology 1982, 228-30 (abstract)
 
Arthur Koestler, Psychologist
Encounter 61, 28-31
 
Three open questions
Parapsychology Review 14, No.1, 1-6.

1982
Why we need a commission of inquiry
Research in Parapsychology 1981, 129-31 (abstract)
 
M. Thalbourne, J. Beloff & D. Delanoy
A test for the "extraverted sheep versus introverted goat hypothesis"
Research in Parapsychology 1981, 155-6 (abstract)
 
Die Fingerabdrücke von Psi [transl.]
Zeitschrift für Parapsych etc. 24,13-23
Reprinted in E. Bauer & W. von Lucadou (Eds.)
Spektrum der Parapsychologie: Hans Bender zum 75 Geburstag
Freiburg: Auru. 1983
 
Psychical research and psychology
In Grattan-Guinness (1982)

1981
Das Paranormale: kan die Kontroversie beiglegt werden? [transl.]
In H.P. Duerr (Ed.)
Der Wissenschaftler und das Irrationale
Frankfurt: Syndikat. Vol.2
 
J.B. Rhine on the nature of psi
Journal of Parapsychology 45, 41-54
Reprinted in Rao (1982)
 
J. Beloff, D. Emmet, M. Morgan, R. Sheldrake, I. Thompson
Discussion on memory
Theoria to Theory 14, 187-203

1980
I. Stevenson & J. Beloff
An analysis of some suspect drop-in communications
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 427-48
 
Parapsychology
In Colliers Encyclopedia
New York: Macmillan
 
Dr. J.G. Pratt: An obituary
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 294-6
 
Coming to terms with parapsychology
Encounter 54, 86-91
 
Is normal memory a "paranormal" phenomenon?
Theoria to Theory 14,145-61
 
Could there be a physical explanation of psi?
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 263-72
Seven evidential experiments
[with invited commentaries from 13 contributors and a reply by the author]
Zetetic Scholar 6 , 91-120

1979
Current directions in European parapsychology: Great Britain
Research in Parapsychology 1978 , 1-2 (symposium)
 
Changing concepts of mind and matter: in defense of the psychobiological paradigm
Research in Parapsychology 1978 , 11-12 (symposium).
 
Parapsicologia
In Dirionario Enciclopedico.
Milan: Unedi
 
The categories of psi: the case for retention
European Journal of Parapsychology 3, 69-78.
 
Voluntary movement, biofeedback and PK
In Parapsychology Foundation
 
The importance of parapsychology: a reply to H.B. Gibson
Bulletin of the British Psychology Society 32, 244-6.

1978
Is mind autonomous?
[essay review of Popper & Eccles (1977)]
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 29 , 265-83.
 
Why parapsychology is still on trial
Human Nature 1, 68-77.
 
R. Broughton, B. Millar, J. Beloff & K. Wilson. A
PK investigation of the experimenter effect and its psi based component
Research in Parapsychology 1977 , 41-8 (abstract).
 
The limits of parapsychology
European Journal of Parapsychology 2 , 291-302.
 
The inevitability of dualism
[invited commentary on Puccetti & Dykes'
"Sensory cortex and the mind-brain problem"]
Behavioral & Brain Sciences 3 , p. 347.

1977
The Geller controversy: the current state of play
Research in Parapsychology 1976 , 199-200 (symposium).
 
Backward Causation
Parapsychology Review 8 , No. 1, 1-5
[reprinted in Parapsychology Foundation ].
 
Psi phenomena: causal versus acausal interpretation
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 49 , 573-82.

1976
Mind-body interactionism in the light of the parapsychological evidence.
Theoria toTheory 10 , 125-37.
 
On trying to make sense of the paranormal
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 56 , 173-95.

1975
I sogni che annunciano il futuro
European Journal of Parapsychology 1 , 14-22.
 
The study of the paranormal as an educative experience
In Parapsychology Foundation. (1975).

1974
ESP: The search for a physiological index
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 47 , 403-20.
 
The study of the paranormal as an educative experience
In Parapsychology Foundation. (1975).

1973
A note on an ostensibly precognitive dream
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 47 , 217-21.
 
The mind-body problem as it now stands
Virginia Quarterly Review 49 , 251-64.
 
Belief and doubt
Research in Parapsychology 1972 , 189-200.

1972
The scientist as oracle
[essay-review ofJacques Monod's Chance and Necessity ]
Virginia Quarterly Review 48 , 289-92.
 
Parapsychology
In H. Eysenck, R. Meili & W. Arnold (eds.). Fncyclopedia of Psychology.
London: Search Press.

1971
J. Beloff& D. Bate
An attempt to replicate the Schmidt findings
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 46 , 21-30.
 
J. Beloff & D. Bate
Psi efficiency: a formal comparison of three different measures
Journal of Parapsychology 35 , 273-89.

1970
Creative thinking in art and science
British Journal of Aesthetics 10 , 58-70.
 
Parapsychology and its neighbours
Journal of Parapsychology 34 , 129-42.
 
A. Parker & J. Beloff
Hypnotically induced clairvoyant dreams: a partial replication and attempted confirmation.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 64 , 432-42
 
J. Beloff& D. Bate
Research report for the year 1968/69
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 45 , 297-301.
 
J. Beloff, M. Cowles & D. Bate
Autonomic reactions to emotive stimuli under sensory and extrasensory conditions of presentation.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 64 , 313-19

1969
The "sweethearts" experiment
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 45, 1-6.
 
Current problems in parapsychology
Synapse 20, 21-8 (journal of the Edinburgh Medical School).
 
J. Beloff& T. Regan
The Edinburgh Electronic ESP Tester (E.E.E.T.)
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 45, 7-13.

1968
ESP: proof from Prague?
New Scientist 10, 76-7.
 
God and parapsychology: reflections on Sir Alister Hardy's The Divine Flame.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 62 , 217-22.

1967
Parapsychology as science
International Journal of Parapsychology 9, 91-8.
 
Report on the Maimonides Dream Laboratory
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44, 24-7.
 
J. Beloff & I. Mandleberg
An attempted validation of the "waiting technique"
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44 , 82-87.
 
Can paranormal abilities be learned?
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 61 , 120-9.

1966
J. Beloff & I. Mandleberg
An attempted validation of the "RyzI technique" for training ESP subjects
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 46, 229-49.

1965
J. Smythies & J. Beloff
The influence ofstereotactic surgery on ESP
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 43, 20-4.
 
M. RyzI &J. Beloff
Loss of stability of ESP performance in a high-scoring subject
Journal of Parapsychology 29, 1-12.
 
The Identity Hypothesis: a critique
In Smythies (1965). Humanism and the paranormal.
The Humanist 80, 176-80.

1964
Matter and manner
[invited commentary on E. Girden's "A review of psychokinesis"]
International Journal of Parapsychology 6, 93-9.
 
What are we up to?
Journal of Parapsychology 28, 302-10.

1963
The mind-body relationship
Modern Churchman 7, 33-41.
 
Explaining the paranormal
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 42 , 101-14.

1962
Ratio judgment and the psychophysics of rectangles
Journal of General Psychology 66 , 71-83.

1961
J. Beloff & H. Beloff
The influence of valence of distance judgments of human faces
Abnormal & Social Psychology 62 , 720-22.
 
The stripe paradox
British Journal of Psychology 52 , 323-31.
 
J. Beloff & L. Evans
A radioactive test of psychokinesis
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 41 , 41-5.
 
Some comments on the Gombrich problem
British Journal of Aesthetics 1 , 62-70.

1959
H. Beloff & J. Beloff
Unconscious self-evaluation using a stereoscope
Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology 59, 275-8.

1957
Method of serial extrapolation
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 9 , 155-68.

1956
R.B. Cattell &John Beloff
The factorial stmcture of the personality of 11 year-old children across three techniques [in French]
Revue de Psychologie Appliquée 6, 65-89.
 
Facts, values and moral solipsism
Journal of Philosophy 53, 541-8.

1955
R.B. Cattell, D. Blewett &John Beloff
The Inheritance of Personality
American Journal of Human Genetics 7, 122-46.

 

 
 

 

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