Skepticism 101 : : how to Think Like a Scientist

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Call Number: BOCD 500 Sh Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 6-week checkout	BOCD 500 Sh Oversize	6-week checkout	On Shelf

Course guidebook contains outlines of each 30 minute lecture.
Compact discs.
Lecture 1. The virtures of skepticism -- Lecture 2. Skepticism and science -- Lecture 3. Mistakes in thinking we all make -- Lecture 4. Cognitive biases and their effects -- Lecture 5. Wrong thinking in everyday life -- Lecture 6. The neuroscience of belief -- Lecture 7. The paranormal and the supernatural -- Lecture 8. Science versus pseudoscience -- Lecture 9. Comparing SETI and UFOlogy -- Lecture 10. Comparing evolution and creationism -- Lecture 11. Science, history,and pseudohistory -- Lecture 12. The lure of conspiracy theories -- Lecture 13. Inside the modern cult -- Lecture 14. The psychology of religious belief -- Lecture 15. The God question -- Lecture 16. Without God, does anything go? -- Lecture 17. Life, death, and the afterlife -- Lecture 18. Your skepticial toolkit.
Professor Michael Shermer, Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University.

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