Skeptizismus

Kritische Denker und Wahrheitssucher entlarven Pseudowissenschaft, widerlegen populäre Mythen und hinterfragen ungeprüfte Überzeugungen in diesen augenöffnenden Erkundungen des menschlichen Denkens. Ausgestattet mit wissenschaftlichen Belegen und logischer Analyse geben diese Bücher den Lesern die Werkzeuge an die Hand, um in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt Fakten von Fiktion zu unterscheiden.

Skeptizismus Buchzusammenfassungen

Der Drache in meiner Garage oder Die Kunst der Wissenschaft, Unsinn zu entlarven

von Carl Sagan • 1995

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

Der Drache in meiner Garage oder Die Kunst der Wissenschaft, Unsinn zu entlarven

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

von Carl Sagan 1995 459 Seiten

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

Warum Menschen merkwürdige Dinge glauben

von Michael Shermer • 1997

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

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🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Warum Menschen merkwürdige Dinge glauben

The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.

von Michael Shermer 1997 384 Seiten

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🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

von Steven Novella • 2018

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The skeptic's manual: how to beat your brain's biases and spot pseudoscience.

von Steven Novella 2018 512 Seiten

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

Irreligion

von John Allen Paulos • 2008

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

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💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Irreligion

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

von John Allen Paulos 2008 158 Seiten

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💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Don't Believe Everything You Think

von Thomas Kida • 2006

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

Don't Believe Everything You Think

Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.

von Thomas Kida 2006 286 Seiten

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

The Believing Brain

von Michael Shermer • 2011

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

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🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

The Believing Brain

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

von Michael Shermer 2011 400 Seiten

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🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

von Guy P. Harrison • 2011

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

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🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

Fifty beliefs debunked, one thinking habit learned: how to spot pseudoscience before it fools you.

von Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 Seiten

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🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

Bad Astronomy

von Philip Plait • 2002

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

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Bad Astronomy

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

von Philip Plait 2002 277 Seiten

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The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

von Jan-Willem Van Prooijen • 2018

Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 👥 Social Identity

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

Big events need big causes. That single bias makes our minds vulnerable to conspiracy theories.

von Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 Seiten

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 👥 Social Identity

Trick or Treatment

von Simon Singh • 2008

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

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💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Trick or Treatment

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

von Simon Singh 2008 352 Seiten

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💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Nonsense on Stilts

von Massimo Pigliucci • 2008

Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science 🚧 Demarcation Problem 🔮 Pseudoscience

Nonsense on Stilts

Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.

von Massimo Pigliucci 2008 336 Seiten

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🧠 Philosophy Of Science 🚧 Demarcation Problem 🔮 Pseudoscience

Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll

von Robert G. Ingersoll • 1942

Bible's God commands atrocities; its devil shows more mercy. Ingersoll's case for reason over faith.

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119

🕊️ Freethought 📜 Biblical Criticism 🔍 Anti-Clericalism

Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll

Bible's God commands atrocities; its devil shows more mercy. Ingersoll's case for reason over faith.

von Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 Seiten

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🕊️ Freethought 📜 Biblical Criticism 🔍 Anti-Clericalism

Answers for Aristotle

von Massimo Pigliucci • 2012

Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.

3.76

352

🧠 Moral Psychology 🌿 Naturalistic Ethics 🪤 Cognitive Biases

Answers for Aristotle

Science gives facts, philosophy gives values. Bridge them, and the good life stops being guesswork.

von Massimo Pigliucci 2012 320 Seiten

3.76

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🌿 Naturalistic Ethics 🪤 Cognitive Biases

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

von Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

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270

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

von Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007 398 Seiten

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Do You Believe in Magic?

von Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery

Do You Believe in Magic?

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

von Paul A. Offit 2013 304 Seiten

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery

Think

von Guy P. Harrison • 2013

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Think

Your brain fools itself. The scientist's rules for seeing past the self-deceptions that cost you.

von Guy P. Harrison 2013 240 Seiten

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Voodoo Histories

von David Aaronovitch • 2009

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry

Voodoo Histories

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

von David Aaronovitch 2009 358 Seiten

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry

Snake Oil Science

von R. Barker Bausell • 2007

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

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🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design

Snake Oil Science

The pain relief is real; the needle is a prop. How placebo explains alternative medicine.

von R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 Seiten

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🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design

How to Think About Weird Things

von Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How to Think About Weird Things

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

von Theodore Schick Jr. 1994 368 Seiten

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🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How We Know What Isn't So

von Thomas Gilovich • 1991

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

How We Know What Isn't So

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

von Thomas Gilovich 1991 216 Seiten

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

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