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Print versions are available in Dutch, English, Japanese, Korean, and Russian. Numerous entries have been translated for the Internet in several other languages. A newsletter keeps interested parties up to date on new entries and an archived list of previous newsletters is available online. Norcross
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The highest mark of success for a new-media phenomenon is, it seems, still to get translated into old media; so www.skepdic.com becomes this handy volume examining the evidence in favour of ectoplasm, the Bermuda Triangle, the Turin Shroud, chiropracty and zombies, among much
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stated that it was "a book that should be a staple of everyone’s diet-part of the package we are given at birth to help us avoid the dangers and pitfalls of living in a world riddled with bad ideas and empty promises...". It was also described by Gary Jason, a
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Carroll defines each of these categories, explaining how and why, in his opinion, his dictionary may be of interest, use, and benefit to each of them. He also defines the term “skepticism” as he uses it and identifies two types of skeptic, the
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magazine commented that "it is an amazing assembly, elegantly written and level-headed, with a wry remark here and there", and that "this superb work is likely to be used so often that it is a pity it is a softback book.".
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topics, the bibliography contains some seven hundred references for more detailed information. According to the back cover of the book, the on-line version receives approximately 500,000 hits per month.
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is, according to its foreword, intended to be a small counterbalance to the voluminous occult and paranormal literature; not to present a balanced view of occult subjects.
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et al. state that Carroll has made considerable progress in exposing pseudoscience and quackery.
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
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Becoming a Critical Thinker: A Guide for the New Millennium 
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as "... a good reference book for a critical thinking class."
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Roy Herbert's review of the paperback version written for the
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The articles in the book are in several categories:
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exemplify the Apollonian skeptic, Carroll says, and
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Index

Skeptic’s Dictionary

Robert Todd Carroll
Scientific skepticism
Non-fiction
John Wiley & Sons
ISBN
978-0-471-27242-7
OCLC
52086432
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
skeptical
Robert Todd Carroll
pseudoscientific
paranormal
occult
true believer
Apollonian
Dionysian
William James
Bertrand Russell
Friedrich Nietzsche
Charles Sanders Peirce
Tertullian
Søren Kierkegaard
Blaise Pascal
Alternative medicine
Cryptozoology
Extraterrestrials

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