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The Miracle Myth
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Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural Is Unjustified
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Artikel-Nr:
9780231178402
Veröffentl:
2016
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.08.2016
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Lawrence Shapiro
Gewicht:
373 g
Format:
223x146x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Larry Shapiro is professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of The Mind Incarnate (2004), Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace (2009), and Embodied Cognition (2011), and the editor of Arguing About the Mind (2007) and The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Cognition (2014).
Helping us think more critically about our belief in the improbable, The Miracle Myth breaks down our mythmaking strategies to better understand how attempts to justify belief in the supernatural fall short. Through arguments and accessible analysis, Larry Shapiro sharpens our critical faculties so we become less susceptible to tales of myths and miracles and learn how, ultimately, our belief in them is counterproductive. Shapiro acknowledges that myths have value. They may even provide insight into our place in nature. Even so, if our understanding of reality is formed through the fallacy of myth, our ties to the world fray. Shapiro's investigation reminds us of the importance of evidence and rational thinking as we explore the unknown.
PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Justified and Unjustified Belief2. Miracles3. Justifying Belief in Supernatural Causes4. Justifying Belief in Improbable Events5. Evidence for Miracles6. Jesus's Resurrection7. Should We Care That Beliefs in Miracles Are Unjustified?Appendix 1. What Is Supernatural?Appendix 2. Supernatural CausesNotesFurther ReadingIndex