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Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker´s Toolkit
Jonathan C. Smith
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Description for Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker´s Toolkit
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
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 ... Read more
- 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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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405181235
SKU
V9781405181235
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99-50
About Jonathan C. Smith
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker´s Toolkit
"One of the greatest strengths of this book is its active engagement of the reader. Every few pages, Smith interrupts the text with a Reality Check box, a set of discussion questions that challenge students to think more deeply about the implications of what they have just read." (PsycCRITIQUES, April 2010)