logic and perception - topical index -The Skeptic's Dictionary (original) (raw)

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A
ad hoc hypothesis
ad hominem
ad populum fallacy
affect bias
anomalistic psychology
anchoring effect
apophenia
appeal to authority
appeal to tradition
argument to ignorance
autokinetic effect
availability error
B
backfire effect
backward (satanic) messages
Barnum effect
begging the question
C
change blindness
Clever Hans phenomenon
clustering illusion
cognitive biases
cognitive dissonance
cold reading
collective hallucinations
communal reinforcement
Concorde fallacy
confabulation
confirmation bias
control group study
D
déjà vu
divine fallacy
F
face on Mars
false dilemma
false memory
Forer effect
G
gambler's fallacy
H
hidden persuaders
hypersensory perception
I
illusion of understanding
inattentional blindness
ideomotor effect
infrasound
intentionality bias
J
jamais vu
L
law of truly large numbers
Littlewood's law of miracles
logical fallacies
loss aversion
M
magical thinking
mass hysteria
memory
Moses syndrome
motivated reasoning
N
negativity bias
nirvana fallacy
nocebo effect
non sequitur
O
Occam's razor
P
pareidolia
perfect solution fallacy
placebo effect
positive-outcome bias
post hoc fallacy
pragmatic fallacy
p-value fallacy
pyramidiocy
R
regressive fallacy
representativeness error
retrospective falsification
S
selection bias
selective thinking
self-deception
shoehorning
subliminal
sunk-cost fallacy
T
testimonial
Texas-sharpshooter fallacy
W
wishful thinking

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Critical Thinking Mini-Lessons

Adams, James L. Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas 3rd ed. (Perseus Press, 1990).

Ariely, Dan. (2008)_. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (_HarperCollins).

Dawes, Robyn M. Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally (Westview Press 2003).

Gardner, Martin.Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1957),

Gardner, Martin. Science: Good, Bad and Bogus (Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981),

Gilovich, Thomas. How We Know What Isn't' So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (New York: The Free Press, 1993).

Groopman, Jerome. M.D. 2007. How Doctors Think. Houghton Mifflin. My review of this book ishere.

Kahneman, Daniel. Paul Slovic, and Amos Tversky.eds_._ 1982. Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Cambridge University Press.

Kida, Thomas. 2006. Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking. Prometheus.

Kourany, Janet A. Scientific Knowledge: Basic Issues in the Philosophy of Science, 2nd edition (Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1998).

Levine, Robert. 2003_. The Power of Persuasion - How We're Bought and Sold._ John Wiley & Sons.

Sagan, Carl.The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Random House, 1995).

Seckel, Al. (2006). _Incredible Visual Illusions._Arcturus Publishing, Ltd.

Sternberg, Robert J. ed. Why Smart people Can Be So Stupid. (Yale University Press 2002).

Sutherland, Stuart. (2007). Irrationality. 2rev edition (Pinter & Martin Ltd).