超自然(Supernatural)又称灵异现象,包含了超自然现象和超自然力量,即超出科学认知而所谓存在于自然界的力量或现象。科学当前无以证实、同时亦无以证伪之存在。而一旦超自然能够被证实,则会被划分至科学范围之内,不再称之为超自然。超自然超出科学的范畴,因为科学的研究对象必须是可证实的测量以及通过同行评审(请参见科学方法)。超自然通常指在现存自然科学状态下无法解释的事件或现象,例如奥秘难解的现象及超越感知的经验。[1]。
超自然一般同宗教信仰和形而上学紧密联系,有时跟超常现象一词同义。
其它超自然现象事件
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参考资料
- ↑ 艺术与建筑索引典—超自然, 于2011年3月14日查阅
延伸阅读
- Bouvet, R; Bonnefon, J. F. (2015). Non-Reflective Thinkers Are Predisposed to Attribute Supernatural Causation to Uncanny Experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- McNamara, P; Bulkeley, K. (2015). Dreams as a Source of Supernatural Agent Concepts. Frontiers in Psychology.
- Riekki, T; Lindeman, M; Raij, T. T. (2014). Supernatural Believers Attribute More Intentions to Random Movement than Skeptics: An fMRI Study. Social Neuroscience 9: 400–411.
- Purzycki, Benjamin G. (2013). The Minds of Gods: A Comparative Study of Supernatural Agency. Cognition 129: 163–179.
- Thomson, P; Jaque, S. V. (2014). Unresolved Mourning, Supernatural Beliefs and Dissociation: A Mediation Analysis. Attachment and Human Development 16: 499–514.
- Vail, K. E; Arndt, J; Addollahi, A. (2012). Exploring the Existential Function of Religion and Supernatural Agent Beliefs Among Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and Agnostics. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 38: 1288–1300.