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Introduction
Introduction to the Paul-Elder Model of Critical Thinking
Editorial Note
Chapter 1.1: Is Homeopathy a Reliable Alternative Medical Practice?
1.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
1.1.2 SEE-I Model
1.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
1.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 1 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 2.1: Should Alchemy Still Be Considered a Pseudoscience?
2.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
2.1.2 SEE-I Model
2.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
2.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 2 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 3.1: How Much Evidence is there for Bigfoot, Chupacabra, or the Loch Ness Monster?
3.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
3.1.2 SEE-I Model
3.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
3.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 3: Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 4.1: What Evidence is There for Ley Lines?
4.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
4.1.2 SEE-I Model
4.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
4.1.4 Research Paper
1. Unit 4 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 5.1: How Credible are the Different Theories about the Bermuda Triangle Mysteries?
5.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
5.1.2 SEE-I Model
5.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
5.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 5 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 6.1: Is Natural Immunity More Effective than Immunization Through Vaccines?
6.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
6.1.2 SEE-I Model
6.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
6.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 6 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 7.1: How Did the Modern Concept of the Illuminati Come to Be and Why Does it Still Exist?
7.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
7.1.2 SEE-I Model
7.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
7.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 7 Critical Thinking Exercises
8.1: Has an Increase in Extrasensory Perception in the Media Caused an Increase in Those who Believe in ESP?
8.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
8.1.2 SEE-I Model
8.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
8.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 8 Critical Thinking Exercises
2. Unit 9 Critical Thinking Exercises
10.1: How Much Truth is There to Quantum Mysticism?
3. 10.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
4. 10.1.2 SEE-I Model
5. 10.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
6. 10.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 10 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 11.1: How Much Have the Origins of Chiropractic Medicine Impacted Its Practice Today?
11.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
11.1.2 SEE-I Model
11.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
11.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 11 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 12.1: What Made the Hollow Earth Theory Convincing?
7. 12.1.1: Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
8. 12.1.2 SEE-I Model
12.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
12.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 12 Critical Thinking Exercises
Chapter 13.1: Based on the Evidence of UFOs, how Justified is the Belief in Aliens?
13.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
13.1.2 SEE-I Model
13.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
13.1.4 Research Paper
Unit 13 Critical Thinking Exercises
9. Chapter 14.1: Why is climate change denialism a widespread movement within the United States?
10. 14.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
11. 14.1.2 SEE-I Model
12. 14.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
13. 14.1.4 Research Paper
14. Unit 14 Critical Thinking Exercises
15. Chapter 15.1: What is the mystery behind crop circles?
16. 15.1.1 Reasoned Analysis and Empirical Claims
17. 15.1.2 SEE-I Model
18. 15.1.3 Weak Points and Counterarguments
19. 15.1.4 Research Paper
20. Unit 15 Critical Thinking Exercises
Appendix
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