The Uses of Delusion is about aspects of human nature that are not altogether rational but, nonetheless, help us achieve our social and personal goals. Psychologist Stuart Vyse explores how delusional thinking may play a role in love and relationships, illness and loss, and personality and behavior, concluding with suggestions for when reason should rule, and when intuition and emotion should be allowed to take over.
The Uses of Delusion is about aspects of human nature that are not altogether rational but, nonetheless, help us achieve our social and personal goals. Psychologist Stuart Vyse explores how delusional thinking may play a role in love and relationships, illness and loss, and personality and behavior, concluding with suggestions for when reason should rule, and when intuition and emotion should be allowed to take over.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stuart Vyse, PhD, is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College. Vyse's book Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association. He is a contributing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, where he writes the "Behavior & Belief" column, and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Ridiculous Reason Chapter 2: A Bright Future in Sales Chapter 3: I Feel Fine Chapter 4: Things Unseen Chapter 5: Soulmates Chapter 6: The Living Dead Chapter 7: Bedtime Stories Chapter 8: The Gangster Within Chapter 9: The Mind's Best Trick Chapter 10: Odysseus in Rags
Chapter 1: Ridiculous Reason Chapter 2: A Bright Future in Sales Chapter 3: I Feel Fine Chapter 4: Things Unseen Chapter 5: Soulmates Chapter 6: The Living Dead Chapter 7: Bedtime Stories Chapter 8: The Gangster Within Chapter 9: The Mind's Best Trick Chapter 10: Odysseus in Rags
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