Theodore Schick is an American author in the field of philosophy.

His articles have appeared in numerous publications and include topics such asfunctionalism and its effect onimmortality, the logic behind thecriteria of adequacy, and applying a scientific approach to theparanormal. In 1994, Schick and Lewis Vaughn publishedHow to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age, which is designed to teach the reader how to think critically about extraordinary claims. Schick and Vaughn say the adequacy of scientific hypotheses depends on their testability, fruitfulness, scope, simplicity, and conservatism.^[1]

He received a B.A. fromHarvard University and a Ph.D. in philosophy fromBrown University. Currently, he is a professor of philosophy atMuhlenberg College and the director of the Muhlenberg Scholars program. His upper-level courses include the philosophy of mind, biomedical ethics, and the philosophy of science. He plays lead guitar in the band Doctors of Rock at Muhlenberg College.

• with Lewis Vaughn:Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments,ISBN 0-7674-2050-0.
• Schick, Theodore; Vaughn, Lewis (28 January 2013).How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (Seventh ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.ISBN 978-0-07-803836-5.

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