by Dave Reitzes (Posted Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:14 am)
Hi, folks. I maintain a website on the JFK assassination that takes a skeptical look at conspiracy theories. I'm compiling a list of books relevant to the subjects of conspiracy theories and critical thinking. Here are the titles I've started with, many of which I'm sure are familiar to people here. I'd like to hear some more suggestions.
On Conspiracy Theories:
David Aaronovitch, Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History (New York: Riverhead Books, 2010)
Jonathan Kay, Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground (New York: HarperCollins, 2011)
Daniel Pipes, Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From (New York: The Free Press, 1997).
On Critical Thinking:
Charles J. Cazeau and Stuart D. Scott, Jr., Exploring the Unknown: Great Mysteries Reexamined (New York: Da Capo Press, 1979)
Christopher Evans, Cults of Unreason (New York: Dell, 1973)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Paranormal Borderlands of Science (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1981)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Science Confronts the Paranormal (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1986)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Encounters with the Paranormal (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1998)
Martin Gardner, Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science (New York: Dover Publications, 1957)
Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (New York: Free Press, 1991)
Charles Mackay, Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Public domain, first edition: London: Richard Bentley, 1841)
James Randi, Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982)
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Ballantine Books, 1997)
Ted Schultz, ed., The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth Catalog (New York: Harmony Books, 1989)
Michael Shermer, Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (New York: MJF Books, 1997).
On Memory and Eyewitness Testimony:
Elizabeth F. Loftus, Eyewitness Testimony (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979)
Elizabeth F. Loftus and Katherine Ketcham, Witness for the Defense; The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991)
Daniel L. Schacter, The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
Other:
James Phelan, Scandals, Scamps, and Scoundrels: The Casebook of an Investigative Reporter (New York: Random House, 1982)
Thanks if anyone can help.
Dave
http://www.jfk-online.com
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Hi, folks. I maintain a website on the JFK assassination that takes a skeptical look at conspiracy theories. I'm compiling a list of books relevant to the subjects of conspiracy theories and critical thinking. Here are the titles I've started with, many of which I'm sure are familiar to people here. I'd like to hear some more suggestions.
On Conspiracy Theories:
David Aaronovitch, Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History (New York: Riverhead Books, 2010)
Jonathan Kay, Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground (New York: HarperCollins, 2011)
Daniel Pipes, Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From (New York: The Free Press, 1997).
On Critical Thinking:
Charles J. Cazeau and Stuart D. Scott, Jr., Exploring the Unknown: Great Mysteries Reexamined (New York: Da Capo Press, 1979)
Christopher Evans, Cults of Unreason (New York: Dell, 1973)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Paranormal Borderlands of Science (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1981)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Science Confronts the Paranormal (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1986)
Kendrick Frazier, ed., Encounters with the Paranormal (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1998)
Martin Gardner, Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science (New York: Dover Publications, 1957)
Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (New York: Free Press, 1991)
Charles Mackay, Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Public domain, first edition: London: Richard Bentley, 1841)
James Randi, Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982)
Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Ballantine Books, 1997)
Ted Schultz, ed., The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth Catalog (New York: Harmony Books, 1989)
Michael Shermer, Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (New York: MJF Books, 1997).
On Memory and Eyewitness Testimony:
Elizabeth F. Loftus, Eyewitness Testimony (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979)
Elizabeth F. Loftus and Katherine Ketcham, Witness for the Defense; The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991)
Daniel L. Schacter, The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
Other:
James Phelan, Scandals, Scamps, and Scoundrels: The Casebook of an Investigative Reporter (New York: Random House, 1982)
Thanks if anyone can help.
Dave
http://www.jfk-online.com
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