Critical Thinking: Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, 2nd Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Critical Thinking: Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Edition: 2nd Edition
ISBN-13: 9781119029359
ISBN-10: 111902935X
Addition ISBN: 1119029376, 9781119029373
Author(s): Jonathan C. Smith, Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Copyright: 2017

Comprehensive and engaging, this extensively revised edition of a student and instructor favorite introduces the basics of critical thinking using the claims of pseudoscience and the paranormal.

• Guides readers through the critical thinking process by considering different types of support (sources, logic, and scientific observation) and ruling out alternative explanations
• Allows students to practice and apply their new critical thinking skills on claims of extraordinary cures including energy treatments, complementary/alternative medicine and faith healing as well as four paranormal claims of consequence: astrology, spiritualism and the afterlife, parapsychology, and creationism.
• Couples a conversational, nontechnical narrative with student-friendly pedagogical tools, including critical thinking questions, a study guide for each chapter, and a companion website
• Provides clear and open-minded discussions of the paranormal spectrum, belief justification surveys, the placebo effect, and the relationship between religion and critical thinking