The uses of delusion why it's not always rational to be rational / Stuart A. Vyse.

Author/creator Vyse, Stuart A.
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Description202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects

Contents Ridiculous reason -- A bright future in sales -- I feel fine -- Things unseen -- Soul mates -- The living dead -- Bedtime stories -- The gangster within -- The mind's best trick -- Odysseus in rags.
Abstract "In 1972, as I was starting graduate school, a friend died in a car accident. He was a troubled man, a Vietnam veteran who never quite settled into life after returning home from the war. Late at night while his wife Susan slept in their bed, his car crashed into a tree many miles away from where he should have been. In the weeks that followed, a group of us spent a lot of time with Susan. We took her out and taught her how to get drunk. We hugged her. We tried to make sure she was with other people as much as possible"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021046186
ISBN9780190079857 (hardback)
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