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Legends, Lore, And Lies: A Skeptic's Stance - Couverture souple

Calabrese, Joseph

 
9780321439246: Legends, Lore, And Lies: A Skeptic's Stance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0321439244 ISBN 13 : 9780321439246
Editeur : Pearson, 2007

Synopsis

Legends, Lore, and Lies presents critical readings in five sections–urban legends, alternative medicine, the media’s role in public gullibility, psychics and the paranormal,  and pseudo science–to demonstrate the importance of critical examination and the differences between an opinion or assertion and a supported claim.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

LONGMAN TOPICS are brief, thought-provoking readers on a single complex, compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length reading selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

Legends, Lore, and Lies: A Skeptic’s Stance presents intriguing readings in five sections–urban legends, alternative medicine, the media’s role in public gullibility, psychics and the paranormal, and pseudo science–to demonstrate the importance of critical examination and the differences between an opinion or assertion and a supported claim.

Legends, Lore, and Lies offers a wealth of features, including

  • Explorations of the powers and limits of skepticism in understanding topics like urban legends and pseudoscience that often are awarded uncritical acceptance in our culture.
  • An excellent explanation of skepticism, along with a number of tools that every reader can use to become a critical consumer of information.
  • A handful of “believers” point-of-view readings, which students are encouraged to examine with the tools they acquire throughout the text.
  • A variety of pedagogical tools including brief author biographies and questions preceding and following the readings that function as writing and discussion prompts.
  • End-of-chapter synthesis questions that provide writing suggestions for longer research and inquiry papers.

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Éditeur
Pearson
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0321439244
ISBN 13 
9780321439246
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Riccardo Bacigalupo
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