Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking by Bartholomew, Robert E.
Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking

Thinking is an innate ability that most people take for granted. But like writing well or speaking...
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Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking

$51.64
Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking

$51.64
Author: Robert E. Bartholomew
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Thinking is an innate ability that most people take for granted. But like writing well or speaking effectively before the public, thinking well is a skill that can be learned and improved with practice. In this unique introduction to critical thinking, Robert Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford first lay out the principles of critical thinking and then invite readers to put these principles to the test by examining a series of unusual and challenging case studies. Assembling a wide range of bizarre but actual incidents from many cultures and various time periods, they demonstrate how the tools of critical thinking can help to unravel alleged paranormal events and seemingly mysterious behavior. What factors led to the Martian panic of 1938? Why did many people conclude that an alien spaceship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947? How do we explain the panic expressed by otherwise normal Southeast Asian men who came to believe that a contagious disease was causing their genitals to shrink, or the frenzied dance manias that captivated thousands of Europeans during the Middle Ages? Bartholomew and Radford show that reality is very much a social construction, that cultural assumptions play a large part in our judgments about what is normal and what is deviant, and that the use of critical reasoning is our best means of ensuring an objective perspective.

Author: Robert E. Bartholomew, Benjamin Radford
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 02/01/2003
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.04w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9781591020486


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 09/01/2003 pg. 38

About the Author
Robert E. Bartholomew, Ph.D. (Whitehall, NY), is an independent scholar, freelance writer, and the author (with George S. Howard) of UFOs and Alien Contact, among other books and articles.
Benjamin Radford (Amherst, NY) is the managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and the author of numerous articles on critical thinking, hysterias, and urban legends.


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