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Title: LEAPS OF FAITH
SCIENCE, MIRACLES, AND THE SEARCH FOR SUPERNATURAL CONSOLATION
By: Nicholas Humphrey, Daniel C. Dennett
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0387987207
ISBN 13: 9780387987200
Publisher: SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.
Pub. date: 1 June, 1999
Pages: 244
Description: 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, this book explores the psychology of the all-too-human tendency for wishful thinking.
Synopsis: "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
Illustrations: 3 black & white illustrations, biography
Publication: US
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Returns: Returnable
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