Pseudoscience and Extraordinary Claims of the Paranormal: A Critical Thinker’s Toolkit

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. The key features of the book include: 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; and written in a lively, engaging style for students and general readers alike.