{"product_id":"critical-thinking-9781119029359","title":"Critical Thinking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehensive 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuides readers through the critical thinking process by considering different types of support (sources, logic, and scientific observation) and ruling out alternative explanations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAllows 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCouples a conversational, nontechnical narrative with student-friendly pedagogical tools, including critical thinking questions and a study guide for each chapter.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides clear and open-minded discussions of the paranormal spectrum, belief justification surveys, the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Critical Thinking: Your Survival Kit 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Paranormal Spectrum 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What’s the Harm? Why Study These Things? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Critical Thinker’s Toolkit 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Sources 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Logic (Bonus: The Big Four Informal Logical Fallacies) 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Logic and Language: Fallacies of Ambiguity 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Science 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Alternative Explanations 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Oddities of Nature and the World of Numbers 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Perceptual Error and Trickery 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Memory Errors 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Placebo Effect 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Sensory Phenomena, Hallucinations, and Psychiatric Conditions 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Paranormal Challenges 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Claims of Extraordinary Cures 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 From the Paranormal Sampler: Four Claims of Consequence 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Why Do You Believe? 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Belief Justification Survey 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 295\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406969774423,"sku":"9781119029359","price":35.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critical-thinking-9781119029359","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}