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Extraordinary beliefs : a historical approach to a psychological problem /
"Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. These have been demonstrated, reported and disputed by every modern generation. We continue to wonder why people believe in such things, while others wonder why they are dismissed so ea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The making of the extraordinary
- 3. The making of mesmeric phenomena
- 4. The making of spiritualist phenomenam
- 5. The making of psychic phenomena
- 6. The making of paranormal phenomena
- 7. The making of extraordinary beliefs.
- A brief reflexive preface; Acknowledgements; ONE Introduction; Observations on an extraordinary feat; Some extraordinary beliefs past and present; Understanding paranormal beliefs; Why history of Psychology?; Psychological knowledge as constructed; Psychological knowledge is constructive; A history of unorthodox Psychology; TWO The making of the extraordinary; The performance of magic: how it is done; Effects, methods and misdirection: what you see, and what you don't; The role of pseudo-explanations in magic; The reception of magic: how it is seen; Believing in magic.
- Framing an extraordinary feat (in performance and reception)Beliefs and discourse; THREE The making of mesmeric phenomena; Framing mesmeric phenomena (in performance); Framing mesmeric demonstrations (in reports): reporting the facts; Framing the phenomena as extraordinary; Framing the phenomena as ordinary; The construction of a new boundary between ordinary and extraordinary; Framing a failed demonstration of mesmeric clairvoyance; Framing a successful demonstration; Framing an exposure of mesmerism; Constructing a psychology of error.
- Mesmerism and the constructive powers of psychological knowledgeDiscussion; FOUR The making of spiritualist phenomena; Framing séance phenomena (in performance); Framing séance phenomena (the reception): reporting the facts; Managing extraordinariness; Constructing and deploying expertise; Framing séance phenomena as not real; Framing séance phenomena as trickery; The framing of failures, duplications and exposures; Discussion; FIVE The making of psychic phenomena; The birth of psychic phenomena; The problems of framing mind-reading: the case of Washington Irving Bishop.
- Scientific psychology and the psychology of errorThe case of Munsterberg and Beulah Miller; Discussion; SIX The making of paranormal phenomena; The making of parapsychology; The making of mind-reading, c. 1900-1970; The making of Marion; The making of paranormal belief; The making of the modern sceptic; Discussion; SEVEN The making of extraordinary beliefs; The particularity of extraordinary beliefs; Extraordinary beliefs and expertise; On other beliefs about extraordinary phenomena; Understanding extraordinary beliefs; Notes; Bibliography; Index.