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050 00 $aBF1042$b.H88 1996
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100 1 $aHumphrey, Nicholas.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82159668
245 10 $aLeaps of faith :$bscience, miracles, and the search for supernatural consolation /$cNicholas Humphrey.
260 $aNew York :$bBasicBooks,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $a244 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThat Hypothesis --$g2.$tWho Needs It? --$g3.$tPreparing for the Best --$g4.$tA Ministry of Science --$g5.$tThe Howling Storm --$g6.$tJam Today --$g7.$tAnother Think Coming --$g8.$tUncommon Sense --$g9.$tThe World of a Difference --$g10.$tBreaking the Law --$g11.$tAnything Goes? --$g12.$tDesigned Too Far --$g13.$tThe Art of the Possible? --$g14.$tBehold the Man --$g15.$tInto the Light --$g16.$tP?K? --$g17.$tE?S?P? --$g18.$tNeed You Ask --$g19.$tKeeping the Faith --$g20.$tThree Givens --$g21.$tBeing There --$g22.$tInside Stories --$g23.$tOn Good Authority --$g24.$tIt Stands to Reason --$g25.$tBeyond the Limits --$g26.$tNothing for Free --$g27.$tOn the Wings of a Dove.
520 $aHumphrey analyzes the circumstances that can combine to produce what he calls "paranormal fundamentalism," an unshakable conviction that no matter what the evidence, "there must be something there." He traces this to our deep-seated attachment to mind-body dualism. Yet, in the end, it is not only the facts of science but the law of logic that rule out the truth of most paranormal claims.
520 8 $aDoes this leave us without hope of consolation? Far from it. In a surprising twist, Humphrey concludes that the world as it is, governed by natural laws without the possibility of psychic powers or supernatural intervention, has been and is the best cradle for human development. Witty, philosophical, sometimes shocking, always absorbing, Leaps of Faith throws light - welcome or unwelcome - on many of our most precious ideas about our relationships with God, with each other, and with nature.
650 0 $aParapsychology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108405
852 00 $boff,glx$hBF1042$i.H88 1996