1st Edition

Faith Through the Prism of Psychology A New Framework for Existentialism

By Eugene Subbotsky Copyright 2022
172 Pages 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Faith Through the Prism of Psychology introduces readers to the structure and function of the inherent ability of our Self to invest objects with reality — existentialization (EXON). The author moves away from traditional ideas of existence and faith, arguing that it is an inherent ability of an individual mind to invest entities (both objective and subjective) with reality. The book treats... Read more

Chapter 1. Facts we perceive, maxims we trust: Introduction

Chapter 2. The meaning of existence

Chapter 3. Now it’s there, now it isn’t: EXON on perceived objects

Chapter 4. Cat with a fish’s tail: BLEXON on imaginary objects

Chapter 5. Generating God

Chapter 6. Faking existence

Chapter 7. Adjusting reality: Protecting beliefs through memory failures

Chapter 8. Separating realities: The structure of EXON

Chapter 9. Existentializing the Self

Chapter 10. Uses of the impossible

Chapter 11. Crossing the edge: Summary

Biography

Eugene Subbotsky is Reader Emeritus at Lancaster University, UK. He is a BPS Charted Psychologist who has conducted research on moral development, metaphysical reasoning, magical thinking and consciousness.