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March 1, 2007
Based on ten years of research into the politics of belief surrounding paranormal ideas, here, the author asks whether debates over the paranormal can ever be fruitful, given the deep-seated discursive basis of the different world-views of its participants.

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paranormal debate, paranormal proponents, demonised views, paranormal scene, paranormal ideas, ideational positions, more positive dialogue, doxic assumptions, paranormal interest, paranormal category, interpretive drift, paranormal subject, paranormal topics, occult ideas, paranormal beliefs, paranormal claims, paranormal researchers, discursive factors, participant types, discursive influences, incommensurability thesis, orthodox science, paranormal phenomena
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New Agers, Susan Blackmore, The X-Files, United States, Paul Kurtz, Catholic Church, Francis Bacon, Harry Potter, Harvey Irwin, James Alcock, John Mack, Old Testament, Skeptic Richard, Tanya Luhrmann, Thomas Luckmann, Virgin Mary, Andrew Ross, Big Foot, Caroline Watt, Curt Sutherly, David Hess, David Jacobs, Jodi Dean, Jurgen Habermas, Keith Thomas
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