Leaps of faith : science, miracles, and the search for supernatural consolation
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Leaps of faith : science, miracles, and the search for supernatural consolation
Copernicus, 1999
1st softcover Copernicus ed
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INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY図
pbk. : alk. paper147/H984kz05426602,
147/H984kz05426602
Note
U.S. ed. first published: New York : BasicBooks, c1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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
Table of Contents
That Hypothesis.- Who Needs It?- Preparing for the Best.- A Ministry of Science.- The Howling Storm.- Jam Today.- Another Think Coming.- Uncommon Sense.- The World of a Difference.- Breaking the Law.- Anything Goes?- Designed Too Far.- The Art of the Possible?- Behold the Man.- Into the Light.- P?K?- E?S?P?- Need You Ask.- Keeping the Faith.- Three Givens.- Being There.- Inside Stories.- On Good Authority.- It Stands to Reason.- Beyond the Limits.- Nothing for Free.- On the Wings of a Dove.- Notes.- Index.
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