"Clairvoyance"
Let us focus on clairvoyance because it is a phenomenon
that everyone can at least imagine thinking they have experienced. The
typical "experience of clairvoyance" resembles the following scenario. Jack
and Jill are best friends. One day, for no apparent reason, Jill experiences
a sudden fright that convinces her that something terrible has happened to
Jack. She tries to put the feeling out of her mind. Later that
day, she learns that, in fact, Jack has been badly injured in an automobile
accident. It turns out that the accident occurred right about the time
she had the feeling that something terrible had happened. Jill finds
herself seriously contemplating the possibility that clairvoyance is a reality.
Does she indeed have evidence for this belief?