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30 - History
University of Edinburgh
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Book title
Extraordinary Beliefs: A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Cambridge University Press
ISBN of book
9781107688025
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
Extraordinary beliefs: a historical approach to a psychological problem (CUP) provides a detailed and novel argument about the form and function of beliefs in extraordinary phenomena since the early nineteenth century. It is based upon the collection and analysis of hundreds of primary sources. Because of the esoteric subject matter – magic, psychic and paranormal phenomena - many of these sources were difficult to access. Because of the nature of the argument, some were subjected to detailed discourse analysis. This lengthy process was essential to the original argument made in the book, which challenges the dominant view within psychology.
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No
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English abstract
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