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

by JonathanC.Smith (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $107.86

  Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal provides readers with the tools to make sense of the strange and unexplained. Geared for paranormal believers and skeptics alike, the text utilizes a systematic approach for making measured and thoughtful analyses of paranormal claims.

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  Paperback
  2009

  $11.82

  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