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Beyond belief : skepticism, science and the paranormal /
Whether ghosts, astrology or ESP, up to 80 per cent of the population believes in one or more aspects of the paranormal. Such beliefs are entertaining, and it is tempting to think of them as harmless. However, there is mounting evidence that paranormal beliefs can be dangerous - cases of children dy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Whether ghosts, astrology or ESP, up to 80 per cent of the population believes in one or more aspects of the paranormal. Such beliefs are entertaining, and it is tempting to think of them as harmless. However, there is mounting evidence that paranormal beliefs can be dangerous - cases of children dying because parents rejected orthodox medicine in favour of alternative remedies, and 'psychics' who trade on the grief of the bereaved for personal profit and gain. Expenditure on the paranormal runs into billions of dollars each year. In Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal Martin Bridgstock provides an integrated understanding of what an evidence-based approach to the paranormal - a skeptical approach - involves, and why it is necessary. Bridgstock does not set out to show that all paranormal claims are necessarily false, but he does suggest that we all need the analytical ability and critical thinking skills to seek and assess the evidence for paranormal claims. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511691058 051169105X 9780511687327 051168732X 9780511849596 0511849591 9780521758932 0521758939 9780511691676 051169167X 9780511692178 051169217X 1107207703 9781107207707 1282651382 9781282651388 9786612651380 6612651385 0511689578 9780511689574 0511690312 9780511690310 0511688822 9780511688829 |