About us.

UK-Skeptics is an informal educational organization which is administered by John Jackson, Dr. Wendy Cousins and Dr. Jason Braithwaite.

Aims and Objectives:

We adopt the epistemological description of skepticism: as it being the pursuit of knowledge (justified belief) through rational and empirical inquiry (see: What is Skepticism?)*;
To promote skepticism and critical thinking skills in society by providing educational material;
To demonstrate, through educational lectures, conferences, and electronic and print media, how to evaluate claims and the consequences of accepting claims without question or good evidence;
To encourage and perform objective and impartial research in areas where it is needed;
To question and challenge individuals or organizations making claims for products or services that do not stand up to scrutiny and which are potentially harmful.

* NOTE: We are nothing to do with opposition, activist, or denialist groups who wrongly refer to themselves as 'skeptics' because they adopt a position of non-belief (e.g. global warming skeptics, vaccine skeptics, etc.)

Help UK-Skeptics:

Make a donation. UK-Skeptics is self-financing and we can only achieve what we can afford to achieve.

All donations are gratefully received and are used solely to achieve UK-Skeptics' aims.

Bookstore. We have set up an on-line bookstore which supplies books that will be of interest to skeptics and science readers.

The books are the same price as sold elsewhere but we make a small commission on each sale. By buying through us you can help us financially without paying extra.

UK-Skeptics Bookstore

Amazon affiliate bookstore. Items for sale are at the same price as on the Amazon site; however, we make a small commission if items are ordered through this site.

If you buy anything from Amazon, please consider doing so via our store. We make commission on all sales - not just the featured books.

Amazon Bookstore