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[Superstition is when the effect is falsely ascribed to the nature of the matter, such as might happen from a spurious correlation or post hoc, propter hoc reasoning.]
April 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Superstition is dignified because of the talented manner in which Morrison has written about it.
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“Superstition is the enemy of common sense, for … it is the product of a personal impression, associating two ideas absolutely unconnected.”
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“Superstition is the enemy of common sense, for … it is the product of a personal impression, associating two ideas absolutely unconnected.”
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Superstition is dignified because of the talented manner in which Morrison has written about it.
Willful Misreadings and Aspersions at Contra James Wood 2009
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Superstition is a more contemplative, inward looking Hirst than usual.
March 2007 2007
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Superstition is the word we use for the explanations of cause and effect that are grounded in less developed science than the explanations that we believe.
Balkinization 2004
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Those dirges and their singers will offer a feminist folklore that originates in Superstition and Revelation's sympathetic study of Near Eastern mystery religion.
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Then they called Superstition, and bid him look upon the Prisoner.
The Pilgrim’s Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The First Part. Paras. 500-599 1909
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