Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias · Why We Need Critical Thinking by Bartholomew, Robert E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements PART 1 - THE BROAD PICTURE

1 - WHY DEVELOP A CRITICAL EYE?

CRITICAL THINKING BASICS CRITICAL THINKING AND EVERYDAY LIFE LOGIC, OPINIONS, AND EMOTIONS CASE STUDIES IN CRITICAL THINKING REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

PART 2 - THE AMERICAN PICTURE

2 - WAS THERE REALLY A MARTIAN PANIC IN 19387

3 - THE ROSWELL “FLYING SAUCER” CRASH OF 1947

REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

4 - THE MAD GASSER OF MATTOON

THE PHANTOM ANESTHETIST: ATHUMBNAIL SKETCH MEMORY RECONSTRUCTION AND EMBELLISHMENT PRESS RECONSTRUCTION CONTEXT: THE POISON GAS SCARE CONCLUSION REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

5 - NEW ENGLAND’S GREAT AIRSHIP HOAX

AN ERA OF ANTICIPATED SUCCESSES THE AIRSHIP DELUSION REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

PART 3 - THE CROSS-CULTURAL PICTURE

6 - WHAT IS NORMAL?

HUMAN DIVERSITY PSYCHIATRY AS UPHOLDER OF THE WESTERN MORAL STATUS QUO PSYCHIATRY AND POLITICS REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

7 - LATAH

DISCUSSION CONCLUSION REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

8 - EXPLORING TOLERANCE

WITCH-HUNTS AND POSSESSION AS PATHOLOGY REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

9 - GENITAL-SHRINKING SCARES

MAGICAL GENITALIA LOSS IN AFRICA UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERY REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

PART 4 - THE HISTORICAL PICTURE

10 - THE DANCING MANIA OF THE MIDDLE AGES

DANCING MANIAS FALLACY #1: MOST “DANCERS” WERE CRAZY FALLACY #2: THERE WAYS A SPONTANEOUS, UNCONTROLLABLE URGE TO DANCE FALLACY #3: MOST “DANCERS” WERE HYSTERICAL FEMALES WHAT CAUSED THE DANCE MANIAS? REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

11 - THE JUMPING FRENCHMEN OF MAINE

JUMPING AND RACISM MODERN INVESTIGATIONS OF “JUMPING” REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

12 - THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FLYING SAUCER

THE CONTEXT: DOMESTIC. OR FOREIGN SECRET WEAPONS THE WEST COAST, 1896, BIRTHPLACE OF THE AIRSHIP MANIA AIRSHIPS AND YELLOW JOURNALISM OREGON AND THE UFO WAVE THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING METEORS? OREGON AND PRESS RESPONSIBILITY: A TALE OF TWO ERAS REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

13 - ENGLAND’S BLACK HELICOPTERS

DOUBTS BEGIN TO MULTIPLY GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY? REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

14 - INDIA’S MONKEY MAN MANIA

REVIEW QUESTNONS NOTES

15 - HOW TO RECOGNIZE MASS DELUSIONS

IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY THREATS COMMUNITY FLIGHT PANICS SYMBOLIC COMMUNITY SCARES COLLECTIVE WISH-FULFILLMENT A NOTE ON NON-WESTERN DELUSIONS THE SEDUCTIVE ALLURE OF MASS DELUSIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES

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