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Robert Lyle Morris (July 9, 1942 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania – August 12, 2004 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was an American psychologist, parapsychologist and professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he was the first holder of the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit. He received his doctorate from Duke University.〔(Who was Robert L. Morris? )〕 Morris was Koestler Professor of Parapsychology from December 1985 until his death in August 2004.〔(Koestler Parapsychology Unit )〕 Richard Wiseman took his PhD in psychology under the supervision of Morris. Morris was also known to have cooperated with the skeptic group Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.〔(A Skeptic Gets Schooled: An Introduction to Parapsychology by Kylie Sturgess )〕 Morris co-wrote the book ''Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants'' (1995) with Wiseman, published by Prometheus Books.〔(Gale Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology: Robert Lyle Morris )〕〔(Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants )〕 Morris once commented in the ''New Scientist'' that "parapsychology is still a collection of half-baked explanations in search of phenomena to explain."〔Michael W. Friedlander. (1998). ''At the Fringes of Science''. Westview Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-8133-2200-6〕 ==Publications== *''Some New Techniques in Animal Psi Research''. Journal of Parapsychology 31 (December 1967). *''Obtaining Non-Random Entry Points: A Complex Psi Process''. In ''Parapsychology Today''. Edited by J. B. Rhine and R. Brier. New York: Citadel Press, 1968. *''The Psychobiology of Psi''. In ''Psychic Exploration''. Edited by E. D. Mitchell. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. *''Biology and Psychical Research''. Edited by Gertrude R. Schmeidler. In ''Parapsychology: Its Relation to Physics, Biology Psychology, and Psychiatry''. N.P. 1976. *''Parapsychology: A Biological Perspective''. Edited by Benjamin Wolman. In ''Handbook of Parapsychology''. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. *''Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants'' (Richard Wiseman ). Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert L. Morris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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