Books by Stuart Vyse
“This is a book by Stuart Vyse, an American psychologist and skeptic. He’s looking at superstition from lots of different angles and asking: ‘Why do we have superstitions?’ There are different explanations. In some cases, we might hold certain superstitions because we’ve been told about them. There are so many superstitions that kids have. We can all think back to that era when we didn’t tread on the cracks in the pavement, or we made a wish when we saw a star in the night sky or blew out all the candles on a birthday cake. Those are socially transmitted. As adults, we might not actually believe any of that stuff, but we still engage in it anyway, just as a fun thing to do. There are also those widely shared traditional superstitions about breaking mirrors, walking under ladders, or the number 13 being unlucky. Those are also socially transmitted and passed on from generation to generation.” Read more...
The best books on Paranormal Beliefs
Christopher French, Psychologist
Interviews where books by Stuart Vyse were recommended
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Belief: What It Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Are So Compelling
by James Alcock -
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Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition
by Stuart Vyse -
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Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There
by Richard Wiseman -
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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer -
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Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable
by Bruce Hood
The best books on Paranormal Beliefs, recommended by Christopher French
The best books on Paranormal Beliefs, recommended by Christopher French
Far from being outlandish, a belief in the paranormal appears to be a trait that many human beings share. Christopher French, Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths and author of The Science of Weird Shit, recommends five books that explore the paranormal—from a skeptical point of view.
