First published in 1886, this comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century spiritual experiments questions our long tradition of encounters with the supernatural, and why it appeared to have declined in influence in the writer's era. Maudsley (1835-1918), a medical psychologist and pioneer psychiatrist, sets out to bring such alleged spiritual phenomena under scientific investigation. Emphasising the natural defects and errors of human observation and reasoning, as well as the prolific activity of the imagination, this ...
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First published in 1886, this comprehensive analysis of nineteenth-century spiritual experiments questions our long tradition of encounters with the supernatural, and why it appeared to have declined in influence in the writer's era. Maudsley (1835-1918), a medical psychologist and pioneer psychiatrist, sets out to bring such alleged spiritual phenomena under scientific investigation. Emphasising the natural defects and errors of human observation and reasoning, as well as the prolific activity of the imagination, this inquiry into the causes of belief in the supernatural suggests that much of it can be explained though hallucination, mania, and delusion. The book is divided into three parts: the first section concentrates on the causes of fallacies in the sound mind, while the second considers unsound mental action. The focus of part three is theopneusticism, or the attainment of supernatural knowledge by divine inspiration. This second edition appeared in 1887.
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Add this copy of Natural Causes and Supernatural Seemings to cart. $14.32, fair condition, Sold by Page Avenue Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1887 by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.
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Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Worn and bumped. Spine cracked with portions missing at head and tail. Hinges starting to open, po's 1887 signature on half-title, fine marginalia, few small marks on endpapers. Sewn binding. Stamped cloth over boards. 384 p. 20 cm. A pioneering British psychiatrist's attempt to explain so-called supernatural experiences in terms of disorders of the mind. With 44 pages of advertising at end.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. The jacket is rubbed, edgeworn, soiled and a bit torn but has not suffered much paper loss. Internally clean (one book plate and some foxing) and soundly bound.
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