Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8122-8
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 609 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Jonathan C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Part II: The Critical Thinker's Toolkit
Part III: The Paranormal Files
Appendix A. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Appendix B. Critical Thinking and Paranormal Resources
Appendix C. Susan Blackmore on Paranormal Research
Name Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.