Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
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The Journal of the Society for Psychical Research is a long-running academic periodical that publishes research and scholarly articles on paranormal phenomena and psychical studies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Journal of the Society for Psychical Research canonical | 2 |
| Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13333425 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Context triple: [Society for Psychical Research, hasPublication, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research]
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A.
What Psychical Research Has Accomplished
"What Psychical Research Has Accomplished" is an essay by William James in which he critically examines and summarizes the findings and significance of late 19th-century psychical research into phenomena such as telepathy and spiritualism.
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B.
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a British organization founded in 1882 to conduct systematic and scientific investigations into paranormal and psychical phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, and mediumship.
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C.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
The Spiritualists and the Detectives is a 19th-century detective work by Allan Pinkerton that recounts his agency’s investigations involving spiritualist mediums and related frauds.
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D.
New England Society for Psychic Research
The New England Society for Psychic Research is a paranormal investigation organization founded in 1952 by Ed and Lorraine Warren, known for probing alleged hauntings and demonic activity across the United States.
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E.
Jay’s Journal of Anomalies
Jay’s Journal of Anomalies is a richly illustrated collection of essays by magician and historian Ricky Jay exploring bizarre entertainments, curiosities, and hoaxes from the history of performance and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Target entity description: The Journal of the Society for Psychical Research is a long-running academic periodical that publishes research and scholarly articles on paranormal phenomena and psychical studies.
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A.
What Psychical Research Has Accomplished
"What Psychical Research Has Accomplished" is an essay by William James in which he critically examines and summarizes the findings and significance of late 19th-century psychical research into phenomena such as telepathy and spiritualism.
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B.
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a British organization founded in 1882 to conduct systematic and scientific investigations into paranormal and psychical phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, and mediumship.
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C.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
The Spiritualists and the Detectives is a 19th-century detective work by Allan Pinkerton that recounts his agency’s investigations involving spiritualist mediums and related frauds.
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D.
New England Society for Psychic Research
The New England Society for Psychic Research is a paranormal investigation organization founded in 1952 by Ed and Lorraine Warren, known for probing alleged hauntings and demonic activity across the United States.
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E.
Jay’s Journal of Anomalies
Jay’s Journal of Anomalies is a richly illustrated collection of essays by magician and historian Ricky Jay exploring bizarre entertainments, curiosities, and hoaxes from the history of performance and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic journal
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peer-reviewed journal ⓘ scholarly periodical ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Society for Psychical Research ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discipline |
paranormal studies
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parapsychology ⓘ psychical research ⓘ |
| focus |
critical examination of psychical phenomena
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empirical research on psi ⓘ scientific investigation of paranormal claims ⓘ theoretical work in parapsychology ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | JSPR ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English-language journals
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academic journals published by learned and professional societies ⓘ parapsychology journals ⓘ |
| hasFormat | periodical ⓘ |
| hasPeerReviewPolicy | yes ⓘ |
| isOfficialJournalOf | Society for Psychical Research ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online
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print ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Society for Psychical Research ⓘ |
| publisherType | learned society ⓘ |
| publishes |
book reviews
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case reports ⓘ literature reviews ⓘ methodological papers ⓘ original research articles ⓘ |
| subject |
apparitions
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clairvoyance ⓘ experimental parapsychology ⓘ hauntings ⓘ historical case studies of paranormal claims ⓘ mediumship ⓘ near-death experiences ⓘ paranormal phenomena ⓘ psychical phenomena ⓘ psychokinesis ⓘ telepathy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
members of the Society for Psychical Research
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researchers in parapsychology ⓘ scholars of paranormal studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Description of subject: The Journal of the Society for Psychical Research is a long-running academic periodical that publishes research and scholarly articles on paranormal phenomena and psychical studies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Society for Psychical Research
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hasPublication
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Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research
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linked to: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research