Like CSICOP and the James Randi Educational Foundation, the Skeptics Society investigates extraordinary claims. Unlike CSICOP, it does not limit itself to potentially pseudoscientific claims, but also investigates such controversies as Holocaust revisionism and conspiracy theories. The group also sponsors a lecture series at CalTech, sells books about science and skepticism, host an annual awards ceremony and an annual scientific conference, holds social events, provides the media with information on controversial claims from a skeptical viewpoint, and maintains a website.
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The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine (http://www.skeptic.com/)
For the skeptics, the logical mode of argument was untenable, as it relied on propositions which could not be said to be either true or false without relying on further propositions.
Although skepticism was accused of denying the possibility of truth, in actual fact it appears to have mainly been a critical school which merely claimed that logicians had not discovered truth.
Religious skeptics often focus on the core tenets of religions, such as the existence of divine beings or reports of earthly miracles, while scientific skeptics tend to target cryptozoology, UFO encounters, and alternative science.
The SkepticsSociety is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs.
The group was founded in 1992 by Michael Shermer, who as of 2005 remains one of the chief officers and publisher of the society's periodical, Skeptic magazine.
The SkepticsSociety was originally founded as a Los Angeles-area skeptical group to replace the defunct Southern California Skeptics.
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