Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit by Smith, Jonathan C.

Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405181235)

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Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit by Smith, Jonathan C.

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

$115.95
Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker's Toolkit by Smith, Jonathan C.

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

$115.95
Format: Hardcover
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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.

  • 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



Author: Jonathan C. Smith
ISBN-10: 1405181230
ISBN-13: 9781405181235
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2009
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 13
By Jonathan C. Smith
By Jonathan C. Smith
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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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