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Stuart Vyse

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Stuart Vyse


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Stuart Vyse is a behavioral scientist, teacher, and writer. He holds PhD and MA degrees in psychology and BA and MA degrees in English Literature. He taught at Providence College, the University of Rhode Island, and Connecticut College, where he was Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor. Vyse has written two books: Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition (OUP, 1997), which won the 1999 William James Book Award of the American Psychological Association, and Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money, an analysis of the current epidemic of personal debt, the second edition of which (Going Broke: Why Americans (Still) Can't Hold on to Their Money) is due to publish in 2018. He has written dozens of personal essays, most of ...more

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妄想的力量:迷信、儀式感與過度樂觀的非理性心理學

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“Although, as the saying goes, 'It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, science is likely to be the standard for all natural phenomena for the foreseeable future. There will always be some people who—like creationists—look to religious texts rather than science for their understanding of the natural world, but the evidence suggests that science not religion-provides our clearest understanding of the universe. As a result, today the word superstition means 'bad science', rather than bad religion.”
Stuart Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction

“The concept of superstition has been with us for millennia, and yet today it has no agreed-upon meaning. . . . If it carries a single enduring connotation, it is one of disapproval.”
Stuart Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction

“Being superstitious is not the kind of thing people brag about, but if you look around, there is quite a bit of it out there.”
Stuart Vyse, Superstition: A Very Short Introduction



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