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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
Written by Klea Hoxha
With edits by Emma Shane, Kate Mullarkey, and Rachel Littke
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