Скептицизм

Критичні мислителі та шукачі істини викривають псевдонауку, спростовують популярні міфи та ставлять під сумнів неперевірені переконання в цих вражаючих дослідженнях людського мислення. Озброєні науковими доказами та логічним аналізом, ці книги надають читачам інструменти для відокремлення фактів від вигадки у дедалі складнішому світі.

Скептицизм Короткий зміст книг

The Demon-Haunted World

автор: Carl Sagan • 1995

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

4.29

80 000+

🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

The Demon-Haunted World

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

автор: Carl Sagan 1995 459 сторінок

4.29

80 000+ оцінок

🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique

Why People Believe Weird Things

автор: Michael Shermer • 1997

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

3.86

9 000+

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Why People Believe Weird Things

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

автор: Michael Shermer 1997 384 сторінок

3.86

9 000+ оцінок

🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 🔬 Pseudoscience 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

автор: Steven Novella • 2018

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

4.39

4 000+

🧠 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.

автор: Steven Novella 2018 512 сторінок

4.39

4 000+ оцінок

🧠 Critical Thinking 🧩 Cognitive Biases 💭 Logical Fallacies

Irreligion

автор: John Allen Paulos • 2008

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

3.66

2 000+

💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Irreligion

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

автор: John Allen Paulos 2008 158 сторінок

3.66

2 000+ оцінок

💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Don't Believe Everything You Think

автор: Thomas Kida • 2006

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

3.82

500+

🧠 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.

автор: Thomas Kida 2006 286 сторінок

3.82

500+ оцінок

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💡 Critical Thinking

The Believing Brain

автор: Michael Shermer • 2011

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

3.93

7 000+

🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

The Believing Brain

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

автор: Michael Shermer 2011 400 сторінок

3.93

7 000+ оцінок

🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

автор: Guy P. Harrison • 2011

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

3.61

1 000+

🔍 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.

автор: Guy P. Harrison 2011 458 сторінок

3.61

1 000+ оцінок

🔍 Modern Skepticism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking

Bad Astronomy

автор: Philip Plait • 2002

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

4.04

5 000+

Bad Astronomy

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

автор: Philip Plait 2002 277 сторінок

4.04

5 000+ оцінок

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

автор: Jan-Willem Van Prooijen • 2018

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

3.79

277

🧠 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.

автор: Jan-Willem Van Prooijen 2018 108 сторінок

3.79

277 оцінок

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology 👥 Social Identity

Trick or Treatment

автор: Simon Singh • 2008

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

4.11

4 000+

💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Trick or Treatment

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

автор: Simon Singh 2008 352 сторінок

4.11

4 000+ оцінок

💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials

Nonsense on Stilts

автор: Massimo Pigliucci • 2008

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

3.89

1 000+

🧠 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.

автор: Massimo Pigliucci 2008 336 сторінок

3.89

1 000+ оцінок

🧠 Philosophy Of Science 🚧 Demarcation Problem 🔮 Pseudoscience

Lectures of Col. Robert Green Ingersoll

автор: Robert G. Ingersoll • 1942

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

4.60

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.

автор: Robert G. Ingersoll 1942 334 сторінок

4.60

119 оцінок

🕊️ Freethought 📜 Biblical Criticism 🔍 Anti-Clericalism

Answers for Aristotle

автор: 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.

автор: Massimo Pigliucci 2012 320 сторінок

3.76

352 оцінок

🧠 Moral Psychology 🌿 Naturalistic Ethics 🪤 Cognitive Biases

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

автор: Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007

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

3.58

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.

автор: Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007 398 сторінок

3.58

270 оцінок

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Do You Believe in Magic?

автор: Paul A. Offit • 2013

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

4.11

3 000+

🧪 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.

автор: Paul A. Offit 2013 304 сторінок

4.11

3 000+ оцінок

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

Think

автор: Guy P. Harrison • 2013

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

3.36

500+

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Think

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

автор: Guy P. Harrison 2013 240 сторінок

3.36

500+ оцінок

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧐 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases

Voodoo Histories

автор: David Aaronovitch • 2009

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

3.54

2 000+

🕵️ 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.

автор: David Aaronovitch 2009 358 сторінок

3.54

2 000+ оцінок

🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry

Snake Oil Science

автор: R. Barker Bausell • 2007

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

4.01

346

🧐 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.

автор: R. Barker Bausell 2007 324 сторінок

4.01

346 оцінок

🧐 Alternative Medicine Skepticism 💊 Placebo Effect 🔬 Clinical Trial Design

How to Think About Weird Things

автор: Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994

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

3.97

500+

🔬 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.

автор: Theodore Schick Jr. 1994 368 сторінок

3.97

500+ оцінок

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies

How We Know What Isn't So

автор: Thomas Gilovich • 1991

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

3.95

3 000+

🧠 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.

автор: Thomas Gilovich 1991 216 сторінок

3.95

3 000+ оцінок

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

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