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BOOKS

History and Philosophy of Skepticism

The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza, Richard Henry Popkin, Univ. of California Press, 1986
The Sceptics, by R. J. Hankinson, Routledge, 1995
Scepticism by Christopher Hookway, Routledge, 1990
Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics, An Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy, R. W. Sharples, Routledge, 1996
Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties, P. F. Strawson, Columbia UP, 1985
The Skeptical Tradition, ed. by Myles F. Burnyeat, Univ. of California Press, 1983
The Modes of Scepticism, Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations, Julia Annas and Jonathan Barnes, Cambridge UP, 1985
Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Scepticism, trans. by Julia Annas and Jonathan Barnes, Cambridge UP, 1994
The Skeptic Way, Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Benson Mates, Oxford UP, 1996
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, by Sextus Empiricus, Prometheus Books
Skepticism: A Contemporary Reader, edited by Keith DeRose and Ted Warfield, Oxford UP, 1999
Skepticism and the Veil of Perception, Michael Huemer, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001
Unnatural Doubts: Epistemological Realism and the Basis of Scepticism, Michael Williams, Princeton UP, 1996
The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism, Barry Stroud, Oxford UP, 1984
Original Sceptics: A Controversy, ed. by Myles F. Burnyeat and Michael Frede, Hackett Publishing Company, 1997
Doubting: Contemporary Perspectives on Skepticism, ed. by Michael David Roth and Glenn Ross, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990
Religious Skepticism: Contemporary Responses to Gibbon, ed. by David Womersley, Thoemmes Press, 1998
Knowledge and Skepticism, Douglas Odegard, Rowman and Littlefield, 1982
Putting Skeptics in Their Place: The Nature of Skeptical Arguments and Their Role in Philosophical Inquiry, John Greco, Cambridge UP, 2000
Skepticism (Philosophical Issues, No. 10), ed. by Ernest Sosa and Enrique Villanueva, Blackwell, 2000
Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone, Richard H. Popkin and Avrum Stroll, Prometheus Books, 2002
Philosophical Skepticism, Charles Landesman and Roblin Meeks, Blackwell, 2003

David Hume and Skepticism

The Vision of Hume, David Appelbaum, Element Books, 1996
Hume on Religion, David O'Connor, Routledge, 2001
Of Miracles, David Hume, Introduction and Notes by Antony Flew, Open Court, 1985
Hume on Miracles, ed. by Stanley Tweyman, Thoemmes Press, 1996
Hume on Natural Religion, ed. by Stanley Tweyman, Thoemmes Press, 1996
The Skeptical Realism of David Hume, John P. Wright, Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1983
Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles, John Earman, Oxford UP, 2000
The Cambridge Companion to Hume, ed. by David F. Norton, Cambridge UP, 1993
David Hume: Writings on Religion, ed. by Antony Flew, Open Court, 1992
Hume, Barry Stroud, Routledge, 1977

Deception, Self-Deception, and the Fallibility of Reason

The Art of Deception, Second Edition, Nicholas Capaldi, Prometheus Books, 1975
Believing in Magic, The Psychology of Superstition, Stuart Vyse, Oxford UP, 1997
How We Know What Isn't So, The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life, Thomas Gilovich, The Free Press, 1991
Inevitable Illusions, How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, John Wiley and Sons, 1994
Self-Deception and Morality, Mike W. Martin, University Press of Kansas, 1986
Self-Deception and Self-Understanding: New Essays in Philosophy and Psychology, ed. by Mike W. Martin, University Press of Kansas, 1985
Within Reason, Rationality and Human Behavior, Donald B. Calne, Vintage Books, 1999
Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception, Second Edition, Abraham J. Twerski Hazelden Information Education, 1997
By the Grace of Guile: The Role of Deception in Natural History and Human Affairs, Loyal Rue, Oxford UP, 1994
Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!: The Psychology of Deceit, Charles V. Ford, American Psychiatric Press, 1996
Perspectives on Self-Deception, edited by Brian P. McLaughlin and others, University of California Press, 1988
Seeing Through Self-Deception, Annette Barnes, Cambridge UP, 1998
Self and Deception: A Cross-Cultural Philosophical Enquiry, ed. by Roger T. Ames and Wimal Dissanayake, State Univ. of New York Press, 1996
Self-Deception, Herbert Fingarette, Univ. of California Press, 2000
Self-Deception Unmasked, Alfred R. Mele, Princeton UP, 2001
The Mythomanias: The Nature of Deception and Self-Deception, ed. by Michael S. Myslobodsky, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998
Deception and Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics, Richard Wiseman, Prometheus Books, 1997
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, 1841, 1852, Charles Mackay, Harmony Books, 1980.
Influence: Science and Practice, Fourth Edition, Robert B. Cialdini, HarperCollins, 2000
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert B. Cialdini,
The Comforts of Unreason: A Study of the Motives, Rupert Crawshay-Williams,
Behind Irrational Thought, Greenwood Press, 1970
Without Good Reason: The Rationality Debate in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Edward Stein, Oxford UP, 1996
Psychology of Judgment and Choice: A Theoretical Essay, Frank Restle, John Wiley & Sons, 1961
Psychology of Reasoning, Johnson-Laird, Harvard UP, 1972
Rationality: Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives, ed. by K. Manktelow and D.E. Over, Routledge, 1993
The Dynamics of Belief, Peter Forrest, Basil Blackwell, 1986
Belief and Make-Believe: Critical Reflections on the Sources of Credulity, G. A. Wells, Open Court, 1991

Critical Thinking

Informal Logic, Third Edition, I. M. Copi and K. Burgess-Jackson, Prentice-Hall, 1996
Critical Thinking, Richard Paul and Linda Elder, Prentice-Hall, 2001
Asking the Right Questions, A Guide to Critical Thinking, Sixth Edition, M. N. Browne and Stuart Keeley, Prentice-Hall, 2001
Critical Thinking, Consider the Verdict, Fourth Edition, Bruce N. Waller, Prentice-Hall, 2001
The Critical Thinking Handbook, Arthur K. Bierman and Robin N. Assali, Prentice-Hall, 1996
Critical Thinking, Second Edition, William Hughes, Broadview Press, 1996
Teaching Thinking Skills, J. B. Baron and R. J. Sternberg, W. H. Freeman, 1987
Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, Third Edition, edited by A. L. Costa, Association for Supervision and Curriculm Development, 2001
The Teaching of Thinking, edited by R. S. Nickerson and others, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985
Critical Thinking, Sixth Edition, B. N. Moore and Richard Parker, Mayfield Publishing, 2000
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing: A Rhetoric With Readings, Second Edition, John Chaffe, Houghton Mifflin, 2001
Nonsense: How To Overcome It, Robert Gula, Stein and Day, 1979
Thinking Critically, Sixth Edition, John Chaffe, Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, Third Edition, Diane F. Halpern, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995
Critical Thinking, Robert Cogan, University Press of America, 1998
Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation, Douglas N. Walton, Cambridge UP, 1989
Clear Thinking: A Practical Introduction, Hy Ruchlis, Prometheus Books, 1990
Becoming a Critical Thinker: A Guide for the New Millennium, Robert T. Carroll, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2000
The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking, Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird, Key Curriculum Press, 2000
Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking, Robert E. Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford, Prometheus Books, 2003

The Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, and Metaphysics

The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, and Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance, Burgess Laughlin, Albert Hale Publishing, 1995
Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science, John Ziman, Cambridge UP, 1978
The Rationality of Science, W. H. Newton-Smith, Routledge, 1981
Science and Philosophy, Past and Present, Derek Gjertsen, Penguin Books, 1989
A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Third Edition, John Losee, Oxford UP, 1993
The Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusion, Philip Kitcher, Oxford UP, 1993
Science, Truth, and Democracy, Philip Kitcher; Oxford UP, 2001
Scientific Method, An Historical and Philosophical Introduction, Barry Gower, Routledge, 1997
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science: Cutting Nature at Its Seams, Robert Klee, Oxford UP, 1997
Real Science, What It Is, and What It Means, John Ziman, Cambridge UP, 2000
The Logic and Methodology of Science and Pseudoscience, Fred Wilson, Canadian Scholars' Press, 2000
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic, Ian Hacking, Cambridge UP, 2001
Epistemic Justification, Richard Swinburne, Clarendon Press, 2001
The Architecture of Reason: The Structure and Substance of Rationality, Robert Audi, Oxford UP, 2000
Epistemology (Philosophical Perspectives, Vol 13), ed. by James Tomberlin, Blackwell, 1999
The Splendid Feast of Reason, Seymour Jonathan Singer, Univ. of California Press, 2001
The Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction, Alexander Rosenberg, Routledge, 2000
Knowledge, Truth, and Duty: Essays on Epistemic Justification, Responsibility, and Virtue, ed. by Matthias Steup, Oxford UP, 2001
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, Michael Loux, Routledge, 2000
Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, Robert Audi, Routledge, 1998
Is Nature Supernatural? A Philosophical Exploration of Science and Nature, Simon L. Altmann, Prometheus Books, 2002
Has Science Found God: The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe, Victor J. Stenger, Prometheus Books, 2003
Anthologies
On Scientific Thinking, ed. by Ryan D. Tweney, Michael E. Doherty, Clifford R. Mynatt, Columbia UP, 1981
The Philosophy of Science, ed. by R. Boyd, P. Gaspar, J. Trout, MIT Press, 1991
Philosophy of Science, The Central Issues, ed. by Martin Curd and J. A. Cover, Norton, 1998
Scientific Inquiry: Readings in the Philosophy of Science, ed. by Robert Klee, Oxford UP, 1999
Epistemology: The Big Questions, ed. by Linda Alcoff, Blackwell, 1998
Epistemology: An Anthology, ed. by Ernest Sosa, Jaegwon Kim, and Matthew McGrath, Blackwell, 1999
A Companion to Epistemology, ed. by Jonathan Dancy and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1994
The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology, ed. by John Greco and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1998
Knowledge: Readings in Contemporary Epistemology, ed. by Sven Bernecker and Fred I. Dretsky, Oxford UP, 2000
Metaphysics: The Big Questions, ed. by Peter van Inwagen and Dean W. Zimmerman, Blackwell, 1998
Metaphysics: An Anthology, ed. by Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1999
A Companion to Metaphysics, ed. by Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa, Blackwell, 1996

Modern Skepticism and the Skeptics Movement

Martin Gardner (Founder of the Skeptics Movement)

Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Dover Publications, 1957
Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus, Prometheus Books, 1981
Order and Surprise, Prometheus Books, 1983
The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, Prometheus Books, 1991
On the Wild Side, Prometheus Books, 1992
Weird Water and Fuzzy Logic, Prometheus Books, 1996
From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr., Prometheus Books, 2000
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?, W. W. Norton, 2000
Paul Kurtz (Chairman of the Skeptics Movement)
The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal, Prometheus Books, 1991
The New Skepticism, Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge, Prometheus Books, 1992
Skepticism and Humanism, The New Paradigm, Transaction Publishers, 2001
Skeptical Odysseys, Prometheus Books, 2001
James Randi (Magician of the Skeptics Movement)
Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions, Prometheus Books, 1982
The Faith Healers, Prometheus Books, 1987
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, St. Martins Press, 1997
Joe Nickell (Occult Investigator of the Skeptics Movement)
Secrets of the Supernatural, Investigating the World's Occult Mysteries, with John Fischer, Prometheus Books, 1988
Missing Pieces: How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, and Other Mysteries, Prometheus Books, with Robert Baker, 1992
Mysterious Realms: Probing Paranormal, Historical, and Forensic Enigmas, with John Fischer, Prometheus Books, 1993
Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures, Prometheus Books, 1993
Psychic Sleuths: ESP and Sensational Cases, Prometheus Books, 1994
Entities: Angels, Spirits, Demons, and Other Alien Beings, Prometheus Books, 1995
Inquest on the Shroud of Turin, Updated, Prometheus Books, 1999
Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal, University Press of Kentucky, 2001
Kendrick Frazier (Editor of the Skeptics Movement)
Paranormal Borderlands of Science, Prometheus Books, 1981
Science Confronts the Paranormal, Prometheus Books, 1986
The Hundredth Monkey, Prometheus Books, 1991
Encounters with the Paranormal, Prometheus Books, 1998
Michael Shermer (Promoter of the Skeptics Movement)
The Borderlands of Science, Oxford UP, 2001
Why People Believe Weird Things, Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time, W. H. Freeman, 1997
How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, W. H. Freeman, 2000
Other Authors
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan, Ballantine Books, 1997
How to Think About Weird Things, Critical Thinking for a New Age, Second Edition, Theodore Schick and Luke Vaughn, Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999
Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, Terence Hines, Prometheus Books, 1988
The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal, ed. by Gordon Stein, Prometheus Books,
Voodoo Science, Robert Park, Oxford UP, 2000
The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-deception, and Human Frailty, Walter Gratzer, Oxford UP, 2000
A Physicist's Guide to Skepticism, Milton Rothman, Prometheus Books, 1988
Occult and Supernatural Phenomena, D. H. Rawcliffe, Dover Publications, 1959
The Fringe of the Unknown, L. Sprague de Camp, Prometheus Books, 1983
Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction, C. Wynn and A. Wiggins, Joseph Henry Press, 2001
Science or Pseudoscience, Henry H. Bauer, Univ. of Illinois Press, 2001
Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Third Edition, Kenneth L. Feder, Mayfield Publishing Company, 1998
Cult Archaeology and Creationism, Understanding Pseudoscientific Beliefs About the Past, Francis B. Harrold and Raymond A. Eve, University of Iowa Press, 1987
Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation, Nicholas Humphrey, Copernicus Books, 1999
Psychology's Occult Doubles: Psychology and the Problem of Pseudoscience, by Thomas Hardy Leahey and Grace Evans Leahey, Nelson-Hall, 1993

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