Arguing science : a dialogue on the future of science and spirit / / Rupert Sheldrake & Michael Shermer |
Autore | Sheldrake Rupert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rhinebeck, New York : , : Monkfish Book Publishing Company, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (111 pages) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Science - Philosophy Physics - Philosophy Philosophy of nature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-939681-58-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164884103321 |
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Rhinebeck, New York : , : Monkfish Book Publishing Company, , 2016 | ||
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Pseudoscience and deception : the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims / / edited by Bryan Farha ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina | 130 |
Soggetto topico |
Parapsychology
Parapsychology - Investigation Deception |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7618-6293-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I: Critical Thought about Strange Things; 1 Why Smart People Believe Weird Things; 2 How to Argue; II: Psychic Phenomena & Fortune-Telling; 3 Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them; 4 Long Island Chicanery; III: Science/Health Claims; 5 Why Bogus Therapies Often Seem to Work; 6 Power Balance Products; 7 Consensus on Climate Change; 8 Why Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis Is Worthless; IV: Out of This World; 9 The Case For and Against Astrology; 10 Looking Up to Logic; 11 The Lunar Effect and Confirmation Bias
V: Religion & Faith Healing12 Prayer and Healing; 13 Confessions of a Skeptic; VI: Psychotherapy; 14 Pseudoscience in Contemporary Clinical Psychology; VII: Numerical Anomalies; 15 Number manipulation; VIII: Afterlife and Related Phenomena; 16 Deconstructing the Dead; IX: Cryptozoology; 17 Bigfoot at 50; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463938103321 |
Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
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Pseudoscience and deception : the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims / / edited by Bryan Farha ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina | 130 |
Soggetto topico |
Parapsychology
Parapsychology - Investigation Deception |
ISBN | 0-7618-6293-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I: Critical Thought about Strange Things; 1 Why Smart People Believe Weird Things; 2 How to Argue; II: Psychic Phenomena & Fortune-Telling; 3 Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them; 4 Long Island Chicanery; III: Science/Health Claims; 5 Why Bogus Therapies Often Seem to Work; 6 Power Balance Products; 7 Consensus on Climate Change; 8 Why Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis Is Worthless; IV: Out of This World; 9 The Case For and Against Astrology; 10 Looking Up to Logic; 11 The Lunar Effect and Confirmation Bias
V: Religion & Faith Healing12 Prayer and Healing; 13 Confessions of a Skeptic; VI: Psychotherapy; 14 Pseudoscience in Contemporary Clinical Psychology; VII: Numerical Anomalies; 15 Number manipulation; VIII: Afterlife and Related Phenomena; 16 Deconstructing the Dead; IX: Cryptozoology; 17 Bigfoot at 50; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787878303321 |
Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
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Pseudoscience and deception : the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims / / edited by Bryan Farha ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina | 130 |
Soggetto topico |
Parapsychology
Parapsychology - Investigation Deception |
ISBN | 0-7618-6293-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; I: Critical Thought about Strange Things; 1 Why Smart People Believe Weird Things; 2 How to Argue; II: Psychic Phenomena & Fortune-Telling; 3 Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them; 4 Long Island Chicanery; III: Science/Health Claims; 5 Why Bogus Therapies Often Seem to Work; 6 Power Balance Products; 7 Consensus on Climate Change; 8 Why Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis Is Worthless; IV: Out of This World; 9 The Case For and Against Astrology; 10 Looking Up to Logic; 11 The Lunar Effect and Confirmation Bias
V: Religion & Faith Healing12 Prayer and Healing; 13 Confessions of a Skeptic; VI: Psychotherapy; 14 Pseudoscience in Contemporary Clinical Psychology; VII: Numerical Anomalies; 15 Number manipulation; VIII: Afterlife and Related Phenomena; 16 Deconstructing the Dead; IX: Cryptozoology; 17 Bigfoot at 50; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825140203321 |
Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014 | ||
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UFOs, chemtrails, and aliens : what science says / / Donald R. Prothero and Timothy D. Callahan ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Autore | Prothero Donald R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 001.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-alien encounters
Extraterrestrial beings |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-253-03416-7
0-253-02706-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467999803321 |
Prothero Donald R.
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 | ||
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UFOs, chemtrails, and aliens : what science says / / Donald R. Prothero and Timothy D. Callahan ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Autore | Prothero Donald R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 001.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-alien encounters
Extraterrestrial beings |
ISBN |
0-253-03416-7
0-253-02706-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Science and the paranormal -- The believing brain -- Area 51: what is really going on in there? -- The Roswell incident: what really happened? -- Close encounters of the second kind: physical evidence of alien contact -- Close encounters of the third kind: direct encounters with aliens -- Close encounters of the fourth kind: alien abduction -- The mythos of ancient aliens -- Praying to aliens -- Ancient myths and modern media -- Cloud's illusions -- Are they out there? -- Why do people believe in UFOs and aliens? -- The verdict. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794802503321 |
Prothero Donald R.
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 | ||
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UFOs, chemtrails, and aliens : what science says / / Donald R. Prothero and Timothy D. Callahan ; foreword by Michael Shermer |
Autore | Prothero Donald R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 001.94 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-alien encounters
Extraterrestrial beings |
ISBN |
0-253-03416-7
0-253-02706-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Science and the paranormal -- The believing brain -- Area 51: what is really going on in there? -- The Roswell incident: what really happened? -- Close encounters of the second kind: physical evidence of alien contact -- Close encounters of the third kind: direct encounters with aliens -- Close encounters of the fourth kind: alien abduction -- The mythos of ancient aliens -- Praying to aliens -- Ancient myths and modern media -- Cloud's illusions -- Are they out there? -- Why do people believe in UFOs and aliens? -- The verdict. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810909203321 |
Prothero Donald R.
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2017 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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