Anomalistics

Anomalistics is the application of scientific methods to study phenomena that are beyond our current understanding, with the aim to find a reasonable explanation for it.

The term itself was coined in 1973 by the anthropologist Robert W. Wescott, who defined it as "serious and systematic study of all phenomena ", " do not fit into our picture of reality as it give us the common sense or the known sciences. " Wescott ties in with such considerations to Thomas Kuhn, who anomalies " observed results [ understood ] that seem to contradict previous theoretical ideas and assumptions about the world, for it so far seems to be no explanation in the context of conventional theories. " Wescott himself referred to the journalist and researcher Charles Fort as the real creator of the anomalistics as a separate field of research. The physicist William R. Corliss published in 1974, numerous manuals on anomalous phenomena in various scientific fields.

Research area

After Marcello Truzzi anomalistics assumes that so far " unexplained phenomena " exist, most of these but through the use accurate scientific methods of investigation can be explained.

This observation results or reports of unusual phenomena are first treated once as credible, has been demonstrated to conclusively that they are not credible or even impossible. Truzzi wrote in 2000 that the anomalistics includes four basic functions:

Scope

The anomalistics has two core principles that determine their scope:

These principles have the consequence that the Anomalistiker turns to the primary physical phenomena and traditionally the study of phenomena tends to avoid the purely paranormal nature are such as ghosts.

Validity

After Truzzi a statement can only be considered valid if it meets four criteria under the anomalistics: