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Skeptic's Toolbox, the Glossary

Index Skeptic's Toolbox

The Skeptic's Toolbox was a four-day workshop devoted to scientific skepticism.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: Anthony Pratkanis, Banachek, Barry Beyerstein, Barry Karr, Center for Inquiry, Clever Hans, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Critical thinking, CSICon, D. J. Grothe, Eugene, Oregon, Faith healing, Graphology, Harriet Hall, James Alcock, James Randi Educational Foundation, James Underdown, Jerry Andrus, Loren Pankratz, Massimo Polidoro, Mentalism, Pet psychic, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Prometheus Books, Psychologist, Ray Hyman, Repressed memory, Science, Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Scientific skepticism, Scientology, Skeptical Inquirer, Susan Gerbic, The Register-Guard, Traditional Chinese medicine, University at Buffalo, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oregon, Wallace Sampson.

  2. Skeptic conferences
  3. Skeptic organizations in the United States

Anthony Pratkanis

Anthony R. Pratkanis is a researcher, author, consultant, media commentator and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Banachek

Banachek (born Steven Shaw; 30 November 1960) is an English mentalist, magician, and "thought reader".

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Barry Beyerstein

Barry L Beyerstein (May 19, 1947 – June 25, 2007) was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.

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Barry Karr

Barry Karr is an American skeptic and paranormal researcher, currently the executive director of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

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Center for Inquiry

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that works to mitigate belief in pseudoscience and the paranormal and to fight the influence of religion in government. Skeptic's Toolbox and Center for Inquiry are scientific skepticism and skeptic organizations in the United States.

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Clever Hans

Clever Hans (German: der Kluge Hans; c. 1895 – c. 1916) was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks.

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Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), is a program within the U.S. non-profit organization Center for Inquiry (CFI), which seeks to "promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims." Paul Kurtz proposed the establishment of CSICOP in 1976 as an independent non-profit organization (before merging with CFI as one of its programs in 2015), to counter what he regarded as an uncritical acceptance of, and support for, paranormal claims by both the media and society in general. Skeptic's Toolbox and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry are skeptic organizations in the United States.

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Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.

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CSICon

CSICon or CSIConference is an annual skeptical conference typically held in the United States. Skeptic's Toolbox and CSICon are skeptic conferences.

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D. J. Grothe

Douglas James Grothe (born June 25, 1973) is an American skeptic who has served in leadership roles for both the Center for Inquiry (CFI) and the James Randi Educational Foundation.

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Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.

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Faith healing

Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice.

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Graphology

Graphology is the analysis of handwriting in an attempt to determine the writer's personality traits.

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Harriet Hall

Harriet A. Hall (July 2, 1945 – January 11, 2023) was an American family physician, U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, author, science communicator and skeptic.

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James Alcock

James E. Alcock (born 24 December 1942) is Professor emeritus (Psychology) at York University (Canada).

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James Randi Educational Foundation

James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi. Skeptic's Toolbox and James Randi Educational Foundation are skeptic organizations in the United States.

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James Underdown

James "Jim" Underdown (born October 9, 1960) has been the executive director of The Center for Inquiry (CFI) West in Los Angeles since 1999.

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Jerry Andrus

Jerry Andrus (January 28, 1918 – August 26, 2007) was an American magician and writer known internationally for his original close-up, sleight of hand tricks, such as the famous "Linking Pins", and optical illusions.

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Loren Pankratz

Loren Pankratz (born February 27, 1940) is a consultation psychologist at the Portland VA Medical Center and professor in the department of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

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Massimo Polidoro

Massimo Polidoro (born 10 March 1969) is an Italian psychologist, writer, journalist, television personality, and co-founder and executive director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Pseudosciences (CICAP).

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Mentalism

Mentalism is a performing art in which its practitioners, known as mentalists, appear to demonstrate highly developed mental or intuitive abilities.

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Pet psychic

A pet psychic is a person who claims to communicate by psychic means with animals, either living or dead.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.

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Prometheus Books

Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).

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Psychologist

A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.

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Ray Hyman

Ray Hyman (born June 23, 1928) is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, and a noted critic of parapsychology.

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Repressed memory

Repressed memory is a controversial, and largely scientifically discredited, psychiatric phenomenon which involves an inability to recall autobiographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.

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Science

Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.

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Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine is a discontinued peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health.

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Scientific skepticism

Scientific skepticism or rational skepticism (also spelled scepticism), sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence.

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Scientology

Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement.

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Skeptical Inquirer

Skeptical Inquirer is a bimonthly American general-audience magazine published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) with the subtitle: The Magazine for Science and Reason.

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Susan Gerbic

Susan Gerbic (born 1962) is an American studio photographer who became known as a scientific skepticism activist, mostly for exposing people claiming to be mediums.

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The Register-Guard

The Register-Guard is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, published in Eugene, Oregon.

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Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.

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University at Buffalo

The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States.

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University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

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University of Oregon

The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon.

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Wallace Sampson

Wallace Sampson (March 29, 1930 – May 25, 2015), also known as Wally, was an American medical doctor and consumer advocate against alternative medicine and other fraud schemes.

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See also

Skeptic conferences

Skeptic organizations in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeptic's_Toolbox

Also known as Skeptic Toolbox.