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Six impossible things before breakfast : the evolutionary origins of belief
- Title
- Six impossible things before breakfast : the evolutionary origins of belief / Lewis Wolpert.
- Author
- Wolpert, L. (Lewis)
- Publication
- London : Faber, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BF773 .W650 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 243 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Professor Lewis Wolpert investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at belief's psychological basis and its possible evolutionary origins in physical cause and effect. How did toolmaking drive human evolution? Is it the lack of an explanation about fundamental questions which is truly intolerable? Are we born with an evolutionary propensity to believe in things that make us feel better?" "Wolpert explores the different types of belief - including that of animals, of children, of the religious, and of those suffering from psychiatric, disorders. And he asks whether it is possible to live without belief at all, or whether believing 'as many as six impossible things before breakfast' as he is a necessary component of a functioning society."--Jacket
- Subject
- Belief and doubt
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Everyday -- 2. Belief -- 3. Children -- 4. Animals -- 5. Tools -- 6. Believing -- 7. False -- 8. Religion -- 9. Paranormal beliefs -- 10. Health -- 11. Moral -- 12. Science -- 13. Believable?
- ISBN
- 0571209203
- 9780571209200
- 0571231683
- 9780571231683
- OCLC
- ocm69967270
- 69967270
- SCSB-9526486
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library