Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation - Softcover

Humphrey, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387987207 ISBN 13: 9780387987200

Publisher: Springer, 2008

Synopsis

Leaps of Faith - Science, Miracles and the Search for Supernatural Consolation

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Review:

"Elegant and literate" -THE TIMES OF LONDON
"The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read"- SKEPTICAL INQUIRER
"An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions" -NEW SCIENTIST
"A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it."-NATURE

Synopsis:

"Leaps of Faith" is a compelling and highly praised critique of beliefs in paranormal phenomena, miracles, and the like, written by the noted British psychologist Nicholas Humphrey. The author argues that our beliefs in the supernatural typically originate in anxiety about the future and are sustained by an entrenched belief in the duality of mind and body. More than just a debunking of supernaturalism, "Leaps of Faith" explores the psychology of the all-too-human tendency for wishful thinking. It explains why we hark after a fantasy world of magic and miracles - even when, arguably, we already live in the only world that offers real hope of fulfillment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0387987207
• ISBN 13: 9780387987200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260