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How to think about weird things:

critical thinking for a new age
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Mayfield Pub. Co., Oct 31, 1995 - Education - 299 pages
Teaches readers how to tell good science from bad science. Covers an enormous range of bogus sciences and extraordinary claims. Stresses principles that help you critically evaluate outlandish claims -- and tells you why these principles are so important. Includes: explanations of 34 principles of knowledge, reasoning, and evidence that you can use to enhance your problem solving skills and sharpen your judgment; discussions of over 50 paranormal, supernatural, or mysterious phenomena; details of a step-by-step procedure for evaluating any extraordinary claim; and a detailed discussion of the characteristics, methodology, and limitations of science. Illustrated.

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Review: How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age

User Review  - Fallon Ashworth - Goodreads

Fantastic book, read this as part of a university paper at the University of Canterbury. The class itself completely changed how I think about all things in life (in fact was the most life changing ... Read full review

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User Review  - Hevel Cava - Goodreads

Lucid, insightful, inspiring, thought-provoking... Read full review

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THE APPEAL TO IGNORANCE
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About the author (1995)

Lewis Vaughn is an independent scholar and freelance writer living in Amherst, New York. He is the author of Writing Philosophy: A Student's Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays (2006) and The Power of Critical Thinking (2007, 2nd ed.) and the coauthor of Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments (2006, 3rd ed.), The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (2007, 3rd ed.), and How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (2005, 4th ed.). He is the former editor of Free Inquiry Magazine and the former executive editor and cofounder of Philo.

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