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Wikipedia
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Precognition in Scots law is the practice of taking a factual statement from witnesses before a trial is enjoined. This is often undertaken by trainee lawyers or precognition officers employed by firms. Many of these are former police officers. This procedure ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A flash of precognition told him that the box would be able to swim faster than he could. ▪ Both of them seem to involve precognition , predicting dramatic changes in the destiny of great men. ▪ Word of knowledge ... precognition ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. knowledge of an event before it occurs [syn: foreknowledge ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precognition \Pre`cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre- , and Cognition .] Previous cognition. --Fotherby. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. --Erskine.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context parapsychology English) The ability to foresee the future. 2 (context parapsychology English) knowledge of an event that is to occur in the future. 3 (context Scotland English) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"foreknowledge," mid-15c., from Late Latin praecognitionem (nom. praecognitio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praecognoscere "to foreknow," from prae "before" (see pre- ) + cognoscere "to know" (see cognizance ).
Usage examples of precognition.
In fact, the data from precognition research strongly suggest that an experiment could, in principle, be affected by a signal sent from the future!
Similarly, in order for precognition to occur, one must be contiguous in awareness with the future event that is sensed.
In the following chapter, we will explore precognition - remote viewing of the future.
For example, if you are unprepared for an exam and you dream about failing it, we would not consider this to be precognition but ordinary cause and effect.
Charles Honorton and Diane Ferrari examined reports of 309 precognition experiments that had been carried out by sixty-two investigators.
Earlier in this chapter, I mentioned a large retrospective analysis by Charles Honorton and Diane Ferrari, of 309 precognition experiments carried out over the fifty years between 1935 and 1987.
We see that there is overwhelming evidence for the existence of precognition but, more important, we learn that there are more successful and less successful ways to do experiments.
Participants who are enthusiastic about the experiment are the most successful in these precognition studies.
Nonetheless, studies by Gertrude Schmeidler at City College of New York showed significant precognition with college students in forced-choice trials of computer-generated targets, even when the viewers did not receive any feedback.
Hal Puthoff at SRI, the first case of precognition appeared spontaneously during a session in 1974.
He had little faith in precognition, especially as it might relate to himself.
He was seeing precognition in operation, and wanted to know to what extent it was valid.
He had not really accepted the validity of precognition yet, and now this!
Every time he tested that precognition, he came away with a greater respect for it.
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