The quest for the scientific explanation of magic
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The quest for the scientific explanation of magic
Abdulkadir Aliyu6th April, 2013
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Magic
• Magic is the art of producing a desired effect or result through the use of incantation, ceremony, ritual, the casting of spells or various other techniques that assure human control of supernatural agencies/natural forces.
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Supernatural • Not subject to the laws of
nature
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History of magic
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Magical language
• The performance of magic involves the use of language which can be
Spoken out loud Unspoken (body)Written words
used to access or guide magical power
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Types of Magic
• Ceremonial magic• Folk magic• Witchcraft• Left and Right Hand Magic• Black and White Magic
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Ceremonial magic
• It depends on book learning; precise, complicated ritual; and intricate sets of correspondences.
• gaining divine knowledge• Purification• Attraction of proper influences
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Folk magic
• healing, • attracting luck or love, • driving away evil forces, • finding lost items, • bringing good harvests, • fertility.
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Witchcraft
• witchcraft meant malevolent magic, Witches were thought to:
killMaimcause sterilityblight cropspoison water
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Left and Right Hand Magic
• Based on the benefit • positive• Negative
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Black and white magic
• Social acceptability
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Elements of scientific thoughts and magic
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Purpose
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Question at issue
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Information (data) collection
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Interpretation and inferences
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Concepts
• Laws • Theories• Principles• Models etc
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Assumptions
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Implication & consequencies
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Point of view
IT IS THIS
IT IS THIS
IT IS THIS IT IS
THIS
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Why is magic scientific phenomena
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• If, in short, there is a community of computers living in my head, there had also better be somebody who is in charge; and, by God, it had better be me.
JERRY FODOR
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• fictional world is populated with all the images, events, sounds, smells, hunches, presentiments, and feelings that the subject sincerely believes to exist in his or her stream of consciousness.
Daniel Dennett
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References • Paul, R. and Elder L. (2003). Miniature guide to
scientific thinking. The foundation for critical thinking , www.criticalthinking.org
• Daniel Dennett (2003). Explaining the magic of consciousness. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, 1(2003)1, 7.19
• Http://www.Mcaegypt.Org/oldworldmagic.Html• Http://altreligion.About.Com/od/ritualsandpractices
/tp/types-of-magic.Htm• Http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/magic_(paranormal)
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Thank you