超常現象(英語:Paranormal),又稱靈異現象,是指與科學和常識相互矛盾的現象。因為超常現象無法用已存在的邏輯架構、或普遍被接受的現實知識來解釋。
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定義
這些真實性未獲科學實證驗證的現象,通常不被主流的科學家所承認,所以「難以再現」的超常現象被認為是偽科學,有一部分是因為科學是需要能重現、重製的現象加以證實,包含擁有特異功能的人類(預知、透視、意念顯影),以及在偶然的情況下發生,但無法以常理來說明的事件,例如:圖坦卡門的詛咒、靈異照片等。
也有其他的類似現象被認定為確有其事,卻無法立即解釋,例如,許多人皆曾看過不明飛行物(UFO);但彼此對不明飛行物的解釋卻有很大差異。通古斯大爆炸與王恭廠大爆炸是一種明顯且無法否認的超常現象,但是關於爆炸的原因,卻從彗星到超空間撕裂(cross-dimensional rips)等不同解釋。
此外,也有人指出超常(Paranormal)這個詞彙,在過去是被當成是宗教上諸多不可解的神秘現象,相對於自然科學(Natural science)所衍生的超自然(Supernatural)的代換詞彙。
類型
以下是一些超常現象的範例:
有些超常現象最後獲得科學上的解釋,不再是無法解釋的現象。例如,「從天而降的石頭」在以前被認為是超常現象的一種,但「隕石」的存在現在已經是廣為人知的事實。
超自然現象其實算是超常現象的一種,但是其中一部份被當成超心理學(parapsychology)來進行研究,並且被分成三種等級:
參見
延伸閱讀
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- Cohen, D. (1989). Encyclopedia of the Strange. Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0880294515
- Crawley, S. E. (2001). Psychic or fantasy-prone? The Skeptic, 14(1), 11-12.
- French, C. C. (1992) Population stereotypes and belief in the paranormal: Is there a relationship? Australian Psychologist, 27, 57-58.
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- Hines, T. (2003). Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館). Prometheus Books.
- Holden, K. J., & French, C. C. (2002). Alien abduction experiences: Clues from neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. In Spence, S. A., & Halligan, P. W. (eds.) Pathologies of Body, Self and Space. Hove: Psychology Press. 163-178.
- Irwin, H. (2009). The Psychology of Paranormal Belief: A Researcher's Handbook. University Of Hertfordshire Press. ISBN 978-1902806938
- Jink, T. (2011). An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience. Mcfarland. ISBN 978-0786465446
- Lange, R., Houran, J. (1998). Delusions of the paranormal: A haunting question of perception. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186 (10), 637–645.
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- Stein, G. (1996). The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1573920216
- Thalbourne, M. A. & French, C. C. (1995) Paranormal belief, manic-depressiveness, and magical ideation: A replication. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, 291-292.
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