![]() Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8122-8
Paperback
432 pages
September 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
US $39.95
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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.
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Integrates simple yet powerful evaluative tools used by both paranormal believers and skeptics alike
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Introduces innovations such as a continuum for ranking paranormal claims and evaluating their implications
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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
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Explores the five alternative hypotheses to consider when confronting a paranormal claim
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Reality Check boxes, integrated into the text, invite students to engage in further discussion and examination of claims
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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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