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Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal
Jonathan C. Smith
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Allgemeines, Lexika
Beschreibung
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
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"Smith's work is a valuable contribution to the field. It will certainly be of interest to psychologists interested in the consequences of cognitive errors, and it is no doubt the best textbook on the market for a course on the psychology of paranormal belief. Although Smith explains paranormal thinking in terms of cognitive errors, his presentation of psychological issues is not technical; thus, this text would be especially useful in a freshman seminar, so popular now on American campuses, whose purpose is to help entering college students develop critical thinking skills. Students will either love or hate this text, but they will not be left unchanged by it. And that, after all, is what college is all about."
"This book, particularly in regard to its discussion of memory errors and its insistence on the value of real science, takes a place of prominence on my personal library shelf."
-James Randi, Chairman of the James Randi Educational Foundation
"I am astonished by the excellence of this book. Smith has produced a highly readable and very entertaining yet critical examination of virtually the entire gamut of paranormal claims, and he demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of the field in doing so. While drawing extensively from psychology, physics, logical analysis and history, he always manages to keep things clear and straightforward, so that one is never lost in complexity. Moreover, the tone is light-hearted throughout, and never becomes pedantic or condescending. And the book offers much more than an evaluation of extraordinary claims. It provides a refined set of critical thinking tools that the reader will find invaluable in everyday life. I strongly recommend this book to everyone who values the pursuit of truth in all things. And I can only wish that those who know that they already have the truth would read it as well, for they need it the most."
-James Alcock, PhD, Professor of Psychology, York University
"Can you be both a critical thinker and a believer in the paranormal? The "reality checks" in Jonathan Smith's Critical Thinker's Toolkit will guide you to your answer."
-Robert Todd Carroll, author of The Skeptic'
"An excellent, engaging, and highly readable introduction to the paranormal and to the distinction between science and pseudoscience. A superb student-friendly guide to extraordinary claims. Chock full of interesting and fun examples, not to mention humor. Should become a favorite in undergraduate psychology courses."
-Scott O. Lilienfeld, Emory University
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Psychological Methods, Research & Statistics, Psychologie, Psychologische Methoden, Forschung u. Statistik, Psychology, Pseudowissenschaft, Psychology Special Topics, Spezialthemen Psychologie