Smith, Jonathan C.
Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit
Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit provides readers with a variety of "reality-checking" tools to analyze extraordinary claims and to determine their validity.
- Integrates simple yet powerful evaluative tools used by both paranormal believers and skeptics alike
- Introduces innovations such as a continuum for ranking paranormal claims and evaluating their implications
- Includes an innovative "Critical Thinker’s Toolkit," a systematic approach for performing reality checks on paranormal claims related to astrology, psychics, spiritualism, parapsychology, dream telepathy, mind-over-matter, prayer, life after death, creationism, and more
- Explores the five alternative hypotheses to consider when confronting a paranormal claim
- Reality Check boxes, integrated into the text, invite students to engage in further discussion and examination of claims
- Written in a lively, engaging style for students and general readers alike
- Ancillaries: Testbank and PowerPoint slides
Nyckelord: paranormal, critical thinking, superstition, skepticism, parapsychology, supernatural
- Författare
- Smith, Jonathan C.
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2009
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 400 sidor
- Kategori
- Psykologi
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444310139
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405181235
