Resources for Independent Thinking

Educational tools to help people think for themselves and increase their critical thinking skills.

Our Advisory Council

Steve Allen [1993-2000], humorist and writer
Barbara Cottman Becnel, author, The Co-Dependent Parent
Alan Bock, Senior Columnist, Orange County Register
Barbara Branden author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
Peter Breggin, M.D., author, Toxic Psychiatry
Paula Caplan, Ph.D.,co- author, Critical Thinking about Research on Sex and Gender
Robert Cialdini, Ph.D., author, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Gary Emery, Ph.D., author, Own Your Own Life
Charles Hamilton, Executive Director, Clark Foundation
Diane Halpern, Ph.D., author, Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities
Betty Jackson, Ph.D., CEO, Jackson Associates Medical Group
Robert Kephart, Publisher, Libertarian Review and Audio Forum Cassettes. [1993-2004]
Paul Kurtz, Ph.D., Editor, Free Inquiry
Richard Paul, Ph.D., Director, Center for Critical Thinking
Andrea Millen Rich, President, Center for Independent Thought and Laissez Faire Books
Joyce Shulman, Ph.D. and Lee Shulman, Ph.D., co-authors, Subliminal: New Channel to Personal Power
Norman Solomon, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Thomas Szasz, MD author, The Myth of Mental Illness
Carol Tavris, Ph.D., author, The Mismeasure of Woman
Joan Kennedy Taylor, author, Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered and former National Coordinator of the Association of Libertarian Feminists     [1993-2005]
Carole Wade, Ph.D., co-author, Critical and Creative Thinking
Robert Anton Wilson, author, Prometheus Rising[1993-2007]
Michele Wittig, Ph.D., Professor, California State University, Northridge
Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor, Stanford University, co-author, The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence
Ofer Zur, Ph.D., Zur Institute, Sonoma, CA