Sites, revues, auteurs : examen des théories "hétérodoxes"
Organisations sceptiques et zététiques francophones
Skeptic (U.S. magazine)
Skeptic is a quarterly science education and science advocacy magazine published internationally by The Skeptics Society , a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience , superstition , and irrational beliefs. [ 2 ] Founded by Michael Shermer , founder of the Skeptics Society, [ 3 ] the magazine was first published in the spring of 1992 and is published through Millennium Press.The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit , member-supported organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience , superstition , and irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was originally founded by Michael Shermer as a Los Angeles -area skeptical group to replace the defunct Southern California Skeptics.
The Skeptics Society
New England Skeptical Society
The New England Skeptical Society (NESS) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting science and reason. It was originally founded in January 1996 as the Connecticut Skeptical Society. [ 1 ] The group later joined with the Skeptical Inquirers of New England (SINE) and the New Hampshire Skeptical Resource to form NESS.
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a collection of cross-referenced skeptical essays by Robert Todd Carroll , published on his website skepdic.com and in a printed book. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The skepdic.com site was launched in 1994 and the book was published in 2003 with nearly 400 entries.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (anciennement Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ou CSICOP ), est une organisation américaine qui se consacre à la critique des phénomènes « paranormaux » ou de disciplines qu'il juge pseudo-scientifiques comme l' ufologie , la parapsychologie , la cryptozoologie ou encore l' homéopathie . Il s'agit d'une des organisations les plus importantes du mouvement sceptique contemporain , avec la Skeptics Society .
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
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), whose stated purpose is to "encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminate factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public." [ 1 ] CSI was founded in 1976 by Paul Kurtz to counter what he regarded as an uncritical acceptance of, and support for, paranormal claims by both the media and society in general.
James "The Amazing" Randi
Carl Edward Sagan ( pron.: / ˈ s eɪ ɡ ə n / ; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer , astrophysicist , cosmologist , author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies . He published more than 600 scientific papers [ 2 ] and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books.
Carl Sagan
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by astrophysicist Carl Sagan , which was first published in 1995.
The Demon-Haunted World
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Notes de lectures : "The Demon-Haunted World"
Martin Gardner
Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gardner . Martin Gardner.Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (1957) -- originally published in 1952 as In the Name of Science: An Entertaining Survey of the High Priests and Cultists of Science, Past and Present [ 1 ] —was Martin Gardner 's second book. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A survey of what it described as pseudosciences and cult beliefs, it became a founding document in the nascent scientific skepticism movement.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
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