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• Science: Methods and Techniques: Scientific Method  (21)
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» Are You Being Brainwashed and Manipulated? - Discussion of mass manipulation techniques and how to resist them.




» Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT) - A non-profit scholarly association which aims to promote research into, teaching of, and testing of informal logic and critical thinking.




» The Church of Critical Thinking - Dedicated to spreading the word about cynical reasoning in established religion, politics, the paranormal beliefs, as well as anything else that people tend to accept blindly. "Your Suspicion is Our Mission".




» Critical Thinking Books and Software - Critical thinking products for home and classroom for use in mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies.




» The Critical Thinking Community - Providing a forum and resources about Socratic questioning, higher order thinking, and critical thinking. Organizer of conferences and publisher of books and academic resources for teachers.




» Critical Thinking Lab - Computer-assisted critical thinking and introductory logic course materials: texts and software.




» Critical Thinking Study Topics - Student study guide on psychological manipulation, cult groups, sects, and new religious movements.




» The eJournal Website: Critical Resources - Collection of critical thinking resources. Includes links and references for important critical thinkers and historical events as well as discussion forums and an events calendar.




» An Experiment in Group Learning Technology - The results of a study designed to measure critical thinking in face-to-face and computer-supported seminars.




» A Field Guide to Critical Thinking (Skeptical Inquirer Winter 1990) - Six rules of evidential reasoning, a distillation and simplification of the scientific method. Ignoring the vowels, the letters in the word "FiLCHeRS" stand for the rules of Falsifiability, Logic, Comprehensiveness, Honesty, Replicability, and Sufficiency.




» Free thought (personal discussion) - One person's introduction to Critical Thinking, Logic, Belief, and Free Thought.




» Learning Beyond, Beyond Learning - Critical thinking site for learning and knowledge.




» Logical Fallacies - Online edition of Madsen Pirie's Book of the Fallacy.




» Mission: Critical - Tutorial for critical thinking.




» National Center for Teaching Thinking - A service organization for educators dedicated to providing programs for K - 12 schools and colleges on teaching and assessing skillful thinking,.




» Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking - Addressing strange phenomena with the mindset, "What are the facts and what can we deduce from them?"




» Propaganda and How to Recognize It - Essay on propaganda techniques. [PDF]




» Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends. . . and Pseudoscience Begins - Book explains scientific method, and discusses how to tell science from pseudoscience. Considers UFOs, astrology, creationism, and ESP. Searchable page images.




» Real-World Reasoning - A course given by Peter Suber for high-school students as an introduction to college. A good collection of on-line materials.




» Resources for Independent Thinking - Many essays and articles covering topics related to thinking for one's self.




» The Rosebrooke Company - Shows teachers and students at all levels how to use Cogetics to construct critical understanding, develop learn-to-learn abilities, and achieve raised standards.




» Skepsonix - A collection of links to audio and video files, all on skeptical topics. Lectures, interviews, discussions.




» So You Want to Avoid Common Logical Errors? - Gives logical errors a name and points out the most common logical errors and how to avoid them.




» Thinking Straight: Internet Resources - Internet resources on critical thinking, categorized under relevant headings.




» A Thinking World - Authors discussion topics include: becoming more creative, educating thinking children, and developing a morally enlightened world.




» 2think.org - Collection of book reviews and essays, mostly on popular science, with an emphasis on science as a guide to truth. Also includes a discussion forum.