FWIS 297: SCIENCE OR PSEUDOSCIENCE?

Spring 2025 · Section 001 · CRN 25143

This class focuses on scientific skepticism and critical thinking, and how they can be utilized to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Core topics include the fallibility of perception; mechanisms of self-deception; as well as metacognition, cognitive biases and logical fallacies. These topics will be illustrated through examples of good and bad science.

Credits
3
Instructors
Michael Cone

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