ABSTRACT
In his presidential address to the Parapsychological Association, Rao (1978) claimed that the evidence for psi was “inescapable” and that criticisms of the field were “unfair” and “false” (p. 278). Yet the field of parapsychology has come under increasing criticism in recent years. Some of the sharpest criticism has come from Fellows or Consultants of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Hansel, one of the Fellows, has written a revision (1980) of his 1966 work, which has been so widely cited. Other volumes of criticism have been contributed by Alcock (1981), Gardner (1981), Marks and Kammann (1980), and Randi (1980). Frazier (1981) has edited a collection of articles from the Skeptical Inquirer, many of which deal with parapsychology. Psychologist Hyman (1976, 1977a,b, 1981a,b, 1983) has written a number of serious reviews of parapsychological literature.
