Abstract:
Modern science and its underlying philosophical doctrine, physicalism, have
persistently denied reality to a set of phenomena they refer to as “paranormal”.
However, belief in the occurrence of these events is common to many non-Western
cultures. This essay addresses the question of the reality of these events and
advance the view that science, on its own methodology, can neither sustain the
denial of their reality nor justify its rejection of the “paranormal” as sources of
knowledge.
