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» Are You Being Brainwashed and Manipulated? - Discussion of mass manipulation techniques and how to resist them.

» Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT) - A non-profit scholarly association which aims to promote research into, teaching of, and testing of informal logic and critical thinking.

» The Business of Thinking - On applied thinking, the pitfalls and roadblocks to good thinking, and effective techniques.

» The Church of Critical Thinking - Dedicated to spreading the word about cynical reasoning in established religion, politics, the paranormal beliefs, as well as anything else that people tend to accept blindly. "Your Suspicion is Our Mission".

» Creating A Thinking World - Authors discussion topics include: becoming more creative, educating thinking children, and developing a morally enlightened world.

» Critical Thinking across the Curriculum Project - Definitions, examples and argument analysis, from Longview Community College.

» The Critical Thinking Community - Providing a forum and resources about Socratic questioning, higher order thinking, and critical thinking. Organizer of conferences and publisher of books and academic resources for teachers.

» Critical Thinking Study Topics - Student study guide on psychological manipulation, cult groups, sects, and new religious movements.

» Digital Bits Skeptic - Skepticism and critical thinking articles.

» An Experiment in Group Learning Technology - The results of a study designed to measure critical thinking in face-to-face and computer-supported seminars.

» A Field Guide to Critical Thinking (Skeptical Inquirer Winter 1990) - Six rules of evidential reasoning, a distillation and simplification of the scientific method. Ignoring the vowels, the letters in the word "FiLCHeRS" stand for the rules of Falsifiability, Logic, Comprehensiveness, Honesty, Replicability, and Sufficiency.

» Free Thought - One person's introduction to critical thinking, logic, belief, and free thought.

» Mission: Critical - Tutorial for critical thinking.

» National Center for Teaching Thinking - A service organization for educators dedicated to providing programs for K - 12 schools and colleges on teaching and assessing skillful thinking,.

» Open Courseware on Critical Thinking - Over one hundred tutorials on critical thinking, logic, scientific reasoning, creativity, and other aspects of thinking skills.

» Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking - Addressing strange phenomena with the mindset, "What are the facts and what can we deduce from them?"

» Propaganda and How to Recognize It - Essay on propaganda techniques. [PDF]

» Real-World Reasoning - A course given by Peter Suber for high-school students as an introduction to college.

» Resources for Independent Thinking - Many essays and articles covering topics related to thinking for one's self.

» Responsible Thinking - Online book by Bob Korn promoting critical thinking. Outline, contact information.

» Skeptical Analysis of the Paranormal Society (SAPS) - A group devoted to debunking, re-creating, and explaining popular claims of paranormal activity.

» Skeptopix - A collection of links to audio and video files, all on skeptical topics. Lectures, interviews, discussions.

» So You Want to Avoid Common Logical Errors? - Gives logical errors a name and points out the most common logical errors and how to avoid them.

» Thinking Straight: Internet Resources - Categorized directory of web-based resources on critical thinking.

» 2think.org - Collection of book reviews and essays, mostly on popular science, with an emphasis on science as a guide to truth. Also includes a discussion forum.

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