Humphrey analyzes the circumstances that can combine to produce what he calls "paranormal fundamentalism": an unshakable conviction that no matter how shaky the evidence, supernatural phenomena must exist.
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Nicholas Humphrey is a professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDONThe kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read- SKEPTICAL INQUIRERAn urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTISTA 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0465080448VG
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Good. Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDONThe kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read- SKEPTICAL INQUIRERAn urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTISTA 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0465080448G