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Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit - Couverture souple

Smith, Jonathan C.

 
9781405181228: Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1405181222 ISBN 13 : 9781405181228
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), 2009

Synopsis

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 available at www.wiley.com/go/pseudoscience

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À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan C. Smith, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Roosevelt University, Founding Director of the Roosevelt University Stress Institute, and Head of the Pseudoscience and Paranormal Laboratory. Dr. Smith has published 17 books and has written numerous articles on stress, relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness, as well as spirituality and skepticism. In 1984 he founded the Roosevelt University Stress Institute primarily to combat pseudoscience in the field. He has created classroom and online classes specifically designed to teach critical thinking skills and evaluate extraordinary claims of the paranormal.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405181222
ISBN 13 
9781405181228
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
430
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Personne responsable
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