Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal - eBook

9781444358940
1-4443-5894-4

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.

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validity.Integrates simple yet powerful evaluative tools used by both paranormal believers and skeptics alikeIntroduces innovations such as a continuum for ranking paranormal claims and evaluating their implicationsIncludes an innovative "Critical Thinkers 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 moreExplores the five alternative hypotheses to consider when confronting a paranormal claimReality Check boxes, integrated into the text, invite students to engage in further discussion and examination of claimsWritten in a lively, engaging style for students and general readers alikeAncillaries: Testbank and PowerPoint slides available at www.wiley.com/go/pseudoscience