Leaps of Faith

by Humphrey, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780387987200
• ISBN10: 0387987207
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Copernicus Books

Summary

Telepathy. Ghosts. The power of prayer. Life after death. Why do so many of us believe in such things "beyond belief?" In this provocative and thoughtful book, Nicholas Humphrey revisits the battle between materialist and spiritual versions of the cosmos and shows why magical and religious ideas continue to have such a hold on human minds.

Author Biography

Nicholas Humphrey is Professor of Psychology at The New School University and a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
That Hypothesis	p. 1
Who Needs It?	p. 10
Preparing for the Best	p. 17
A Ministry of Science	p. 23
The Howling Storm	p. 29
Jam Today	p. 39
Another Think Coming	p. 45
Uncommon Sense	p. 52
The World of a Difference	p. 60
Breaking the Law	p. 67
Anything Goes?	p. 72
Designed Too Far	p. 82
The Art of the Possible?	p. 92
Behold the Man	p. 100
Into the Light	p. 114
P?K?	p. 117
E?S?P?	p. 128
Need You Ask	p. 138
Keeping the Faith	p. 142
Three Givens	p. 155
Being There	p. 158
Inside Stories	p. 167
On Good Authority	p. 175
It Stands to Reason	p. 188
Beyond the Limits	p. 198
Nothing for Free	p. 206
On the Wings of a Dove	p. 218
Notes	p. 225
Index	p. 240
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