Seeing is (Dis)believing: John Tyndall, Scientific Naturalism, and the Role of Visual Epistemologies and Scientific Testimony in Victorian Spirit Investigations
The backbone of Victorian spirit investigations rested with the credibility of the witnesses who attended spiritualist events such as séances. But how did someone become a credible witness of spirit or psychic phenomena? What were the processes by which their testimonies became trustworthy represent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Aries
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-63 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tyndall, John 1820-1893
/ Spiritism
/ Spirits
/ Beweisbarkeit
/ Natural sciences
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AZ New religious movements KBF British Isles |
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personal testimony
B visual epistemology B Scientific naturalism B John Tyndall B Spiritualism B scientific observation |
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