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Science or Pseudo-science:

A Contemporary Issues Seminar

Spring Term 2000

Course Description:Theories and ideas concerning astrology, extra sensory perception, life after death, witchcraft, non-traditional healing, and alien visitations (just to name a few) are sometimes classified as pseudo-science, while theories of time dilation, black holes, the evolution of the species, and the Big Bang are classified as science. In this course we will attempt to understand why some ideas are accepted as science while others are not.

Instructors:Charles Hartley (Miller 125, ext 4745)

Meeting Time: 1:10-2:10 p.m. MWF

Text:

1. Chariot of the Gods
by Erich Von Daniken
Mass Market Paperback (September 1980)
Unknown; ISBN: 0425074811

2. Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries : Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
by Kenneth L. Feder
Paperback - 304 pages 3rd edition (December 1998)
Mayfield Publishing Company; ISBN: 0767404599 ;

3. The Interrupted Journey; two hours "aboad a flying saucer"
by John G. Fuller
Out of print (will photocopy)

4. Ufos : The Public Deceived
by Phillip J. Klass
Paperback - 310 pages (June 1986)
Prometheus Books; ISBN: 0879753226 ;

5. Why People Believe Weird Things : Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer, Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback - 306 pages (September 19, 1998)
W H Freeman & Co; ISBN: 0716733870 ;

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