| LC control no. | n 77018947 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal |
| Variant(s) | CSICOP (Organization) |
| See also | Committee for Skeptical Inquiry |
| Biography/History note | The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) is a nonprofit organization that evaluates paranormal and fringe-science claims from a scientific viewpoint and attempts to provide the public and scholars with scientifically reliable information about them. Since 2006, it is known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). |
| Beginning date | 19760430 |
| Ending date | 20060922 |
| Field of activity | Parapsychology--Investigation |
| Special note | AACR 1 form: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal |
| Found in | The Zetetic, spring/summer 1977 (a.e.) cover (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) Pensar, Abr./Jun. 2004 : p. 2 of cover (CSICOP) Committee for Skeptical Inquiry website, viewed April 8, 2015: about CSI (The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, better known by its acronym CSICOP, is an independent nonprofit organization that evaluates paranormal and fringe-science claims from a scientific viewpoint and attempts to provide the public and scholars with scientifically reliable information about them; established April 30, 1976; on September 23, 2006, the Executive Council of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) formally adopted a shorter name for the organization: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) <http://www.csicop.org/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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