Wheatley, J(ames) M(elville) O(wen)
Wheatley, J(ames) M(elville) O(wen)
(1924-)
Assistant professor of philosophy, active in the field of parapsychology. He was born February 29, 1924, at Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He studied at the University of New Brunswick(B.S., 1947; M.A., 1949) and the University of Toronto (Ph.D. philosophy, 1957). He joined the faculty of the University of Toronto and taught there for many years.
Wheatley has taken special interest in the philosophy of parapsychology, the question of survival, quantitative research in extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, and epistemological aspects of psi. He worked with Karlis Osis in an exploratory study among college students concerning clairvoyance scores in card reading. He was an associate member of the Parapsychological Association.
Sources:
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.
Wheatley, J. M. O. "Implications for Philosophy." In Philosophical Dimensions of Parapsychology. Edited by H. L. Edge. Springfield, Ill.: Charles Thomas, 1976.