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Arturo Bosque

  • PAÍSES DE HABLA EN ESPAÑOL
  • SUECIA: Vetenskap och Folkbildning (V&F). Correo-

e.: [email protected]. Web: www.vof.se.

www.o4r.org/home.htm. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Association for Critical Thin-king (PhACT). Web: www.phact.org. Tennessee: Rationalists of East Ten- nessee Web: www.rationalists.org. Texas: North Texas Skeptics. Web: www.ntskeptics.org. Washington: The Society for Sensible Explanations. Web: seattleskep-

tics.org.

ESPAÑA: ARP- Sociedad para el Avance del Pensa- miento Crítico (ARP-SAPC). Correo-e: arp@arpsapc.org. Web: www.arp-sapc.org y Círculo Escéptico.

Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.circuloesceptico.org/ ARGENTINA: Contactos: Enrique Marquez, correo-e: [email protected] y Alejandro Borgo, correo-e:

[email protected]. Argentina Skeptics. Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: www.argentinas- keptics.com.ar.

COLOMBIA: EC. Escépticos Colombia. Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: www.escepti- coscolombia.org.

COSTA RICA: IPPEC-CR. Iniciativa para la Promo- ción del Pensamiento Crítico en Costa Rica.

Correo-e: [email protected].

RESTO DEL MUNDO AUSTRALIA: Nacional: Australian Skeptics. Correo-

e.: [email protected] Web: www.skeptics.com.au.. Regionales: Web común: www.skeptics.com.au. New South Wales. Correo-e : [email protected]. Victoria. Correo-e: [email protected]. Victoria (Borderline). Correo-e: [email protected]. Victoria (Gold Fields). Correo-e: [email protected]. South Australia. Correo-e: [email protected]. Tasmania. Correo-e: [email protected]. Canberra. Correo-e: [email protected]. Hunter Valley Region. Correo-e: [email protected]. Queensland. Correo-e: [email protected]. Queensland (Gold Coast). Correo-e: [email protected]. Western Australia. Correo-e: [email protected].

INDIA: Indian Skeptics. Web: www.indian-

skeptic.org/html/index.html. Indian Rationalist Association. Web: www.rationalistinternational.net. Maharashtra

Superstition Eradication Committee. Web: www.anti-

superstition.com.

INDONESIA: Indonesian Skeptics Society. Web:

www.geocities.com/Area51/Dunes/5591.

ISRAEL: Israel Skeptics Society. Correo-e: pm@mind-

quest.co.il. Web:
Web: www.geocities.com/ippeccr.

PERÚ: CIPSI-PERÚ. Centro de Investigaciones de lo Paranormal, lo Seudocientífico y lo Irracional en el

Perú. Correo-e.: [email protected]. Web: www.geo- cities.com/cipsiperu/indice.htm

PUERTO RICO: Sociedad de Escépticos de Puerto

Rico. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web.: www.escepticospr.com.

VENEZUELA: AREV. Asociación Racional Escéptica

de Venezuela. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.geocities.com/escepticosvenezuela. mindquest.co.il/israel_skeptics_society.htm.

JAPÓN: Japan Skeptics. Web:
BRASIL: Opçao Racional. Correo-e: fernandogut-

[email protected]. Web: www.geocities.com/CapeCa- naveral/2664. Projeto Ockham. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.projetooc- kham.org/ homepage2.nifty.com/suzukitakeo/jskeptics/jsindex.htm

NUEVA ZELANDA: New Zealand Skeptics. Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: skeptics.org.nz

SINGAPUR: Singapore Skeptic. Correo-e.:

[email protected]. Web: www.skeptic.iwarp.com/

CANADÁ: Alberta Skeptics. Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: abskeptic.htmlplanet.com/index.htm. British Columbia Skeptics. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.bcskeptics.info. Ontario Skeptics. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.skeptics.ca. Sceptiques du Quebec. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.sceptiques.qc.ca.

COREA: Korea PseudoScience Awareness. Correo-

e: [email protected]. Web: www.kopsa.or.kr/

CHINA: China Association for Science and Techno-

logy. Correo-e: [email protected].

ASOCIACIONES SIN PÁGINA WEB
EUROPA

Desconocemos las direcciones de la página Web de estas entidades. Rogamos, a quien las conozca, las comuniquen a [email protected]. Muchas gracias.

ECUADOR: Prociencia. Contacto: Gabriel Trueba PO

Box 17-11-6064 Quito, Ecuador (2-894 320). Correo-e: [email protected]

ECSO: European Council of Skeptical Organiza-

tions. Presidente: Amardeo Sarma. Arheilger Weg 11, 64380 Rossdorf, Germany. Tel: (06154)95024. FAX: (06154) 695022. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.ecso.org.

ALEMANIA: Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften e.V.

(GWUP). Contacto: formulario en la Web: www.gwup.org.
Web:218.241.72.36:7001/indexEN.jsp

MÉXICO: SOMIE. Sociedad Mexicana para la Investi- gación Escéptica. Presidente: Mario Méndez-Acosta.

Apartado Postal 19-546. México 03900, DF.

BULGARIA: SRSB. Correo-e: [email protected]. Con-

tacto: Dr. Vladimir Daskalov

ESTADOS UNIDOS: Nacionales: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

(CSICOP). Correo-e.: [email protected]. Web:www.csi- cop.org. Skeptics Society. Director: Michael Shermer. Correo-e.: [email protected]. Web:

BÉLGICA: Comité Para. Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: www.comitepara.be. Studiekring voor Kritische Evaluatie van Pseudo-wetenschap en het Paranormale (SKEPP). Correo-e: secreta[email protected]. Web: www.skepp.be.

DINAMARCA: Netvaerket af uafhaengige danske skeptikere (Skeptica.dk). Correo-e: skeptica@skepti-

ca.dk. Web: www.skeptica.dk.

www.skeptic.com. Randi Educational Foundation.

Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.randi.org. Estata-

les/Regionales: Alabama: Skeptics-Freethought of

North Alabama. Web: Skeptics-Freethought of North

Alabama. Arizona: Tucson Skeptics. Web: skeptics.meetup.com/77. Phoenix Skeptics. Web: skeptics.meetup.com/5. California: Independent Inves- tigations Group (ICC). Web: www.IIGWest.com. Bay

Area Skeptics. Web: www.baskeptics.org. East Bay Skeptics Society. Web: www.eb-skeptics.org. Sacra-

mento Organization for Rational Thinking (SORT). home.surewest.net/kitray. San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry (SDARI). Web: sdari.org. Colorado: Rocky Mountain Skeptics. Web: bcn.boulder.co.us/community/rms. Connecticut: The New England Skeptical Society. Web: www.theness.com. D. C. Capital Area: National Capi- tal Area Skeptic. Web: www.ncas.org. Florida:

Tampa Bay Skeptics. Web: www.tampabayskeptics.org.

Georgia: Georgia Skeptics. Web:

www.skepticfiles.org/skeptic/gs11-90.htm. The Sagan

Society of the University of Georgia. Web: www.uga.edu/sagan. Illinois: Rational Examination Association of Lincoln Land (REALL). Web: www.reall.org. Indiana: Indiana Skeptics. Web: www.indianaskeptics.org. Iowa: Iowa Community Science Initiative. Web: www.iowacsi.com. Kentucky: Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics (KASES). Web: www.kases.org. Massachus- sets: The New England Skeptical Society. Web: www.theness.com. Minnesota: St. Kloud ESP Tea- ching Investigation Committee (SKEPTIC). Web: web.stcloudstate.edu/gcmertens. Montana: Montana Rationalists and Skeptics Network. Web: mtrsn.burtcom.homeip.net. New Hampshire: The New England Skeptical Society. Web: www.theness.com. New Mexi- co: New Mexicans for Science & Reason. Web: www.nmsr.org. New York: Inquiring Skeptics of Upper New York (ISUNY). Web: www.rpi.edu/~sofkam/ISUNY. New York Area Skeptics (NYASk). Web:

ESTONIA: Contacto: Indrek Rohtmets. Horisont. EE 0102 Tallinn, Narva mnt. 5.

UCRANIA: Perspective. Director: Oleg G. Bakhtiarov.

3-B Khmelnitskogo St. 252001. Kiev.

FINLANDIA: Skepsis. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web:

www.skepsis.fi.

CANADÁ: Manitoba Skeptics. Presidente: John

Toews. PO Box 92. St. Vital. Winnipeg. Manitoba. R2M 4A5.

FRANCIA: Cercle Zététique. Correo-e: berger@zeteti-

que.org. Web: www.zetetique.ldh.org. Comite Francais pour I'Etude des Phenomenes Paranormaux (CFEPP). Claude Benski. Secretario General: Merlin Gerin. RGE/A2 38050 Grenoble Cedex. Union Rationaliste. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.union-rationaliste.org. Laboratoire de Zététìque. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.unice.fr/zetetique. Association Française pour l'In- formation Scientifique (AFIS). Correo-e: administra[email protected]. Web: www.pseudo-scien- ces.org.

HUNGRÍA: Tényeket Tisztlelok Társasága (TTT).

Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.hrasko.com/xak- nak.php?docid=10013

IRLANDA: Irish Skeptics. Correo-e: contact@iris-

hskeptics.net. Web: www.irishskeptics.net.

ITALIA: Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affer- ma-zioni sul Paranormale (CICAP). Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: www.cicap.org/index.php

NORUEGA: Skepsis. Correo-e: [email protected]

Web: www.skepsis.no. PAÍSES BAJOS: Stichting Skepsis. Correo-e: skep[email protected]. Web: www.skepsis.nl/

POLONIA: Biuletyn Sceptyczny. Correo-e: adam.pie-

[email protected]. Web: www.amsoft.com.pl/bs/index.html.

PORTUGAL: CEPO. Correo-e: [email protected].

Web: www.cepo.interacesso.pt/

REINO UNIDO: Association for Skeptical Enquiry

(ASKE). Correo-e.: [email protected]. Web: www.aske.org.uk. The Skeptical Inquirer: Correo-e.: [email protected]. Web: www.csicop.org/si. The Skep- tic Magazine. Correo-e: [email protected]. Web: www.skeptic.org.uk

REPÚBLICA CHECA: Ceský klub skeptiku Sisyfos.

Correo.e: [email protected]. Web: www.sisyfos.cz.

RUSIA: Zdravyi Smysl (Sentido común). Correo-e:

[email protected]. Web: humanism.al.ru/en.

CHINA: Chinese Skeptics Circle. Contacto: Wu Xiang-

hong, Box 4 - doctor, Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing 100872.

ESTADOS UNIDOS: Louisiana. Baton Rouge Pro-ponents of Rational Inquiry and Scientific Methods (BR-PRISM). Director: Dick Schroth. 425

Carriage Way. Baton Rouge. LA 70808-4828. Tel.: 504-

766-4747. Michigan. Great Lakes Skeptics. Contacto:

Carol Lynn. 1264 Bed-ford Road. Grosse Pointe Park.

MI 84230-1116. Minnesota. Minnesota Skeptics. Con-

tacto: Robert W. McCoy. 549 Turn-pike Road. Golden

Valley, MN 55416. Missouri. Kansas City Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Presidente: Verle Muhrer. 2658

East 7th. Kansas City. MO 64124. Gateway Skeptics. Presidente: Steve Best. 6943 Amherst Avenue. University City. MO 63130.

JAPÓN: Japan Anti-Pseudoscience Activities Net-

work (JAPAN). Contacto: Ryutarou Minakami, Chairperson, c/o Rakkousha, Inc., Tsuruoka Bld. 2F, 2-19-6, Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. Correo-e: [email protected]

KAZAJASTÁN: Kazakhastan Commission for Inves- tigation of Anomalous Phenomena (KCIAP). Contac-

to: Sergey Efimov. Astrophysical Institute. Kamenskoye Plato. Alma-Ata 480068. Kazakhstan. Correo-e: [email protected]

SUDÁFRICA: Association for the Rational Investiga- tion of the Paranormal (ARIP). Secretario: Marian

Laserson. 4 Wales St. Sandringham 2192. Socrates. Contacto: Leon Retief. 3 Hoheizen Crescent, Hoheizen, Bellville 7530. Correo-e.: [email protected]. TAIWÁN: Contacto: Tim Holmes. PO Box 195, Tanzu.

www.nyask.org. North Carolina: Carolina Skeptics.

Web: www.wfu.edu/%7Eecarlson/tasc. Ohio: South

Shore Skeptics. Web:

home.earthlink.net/~jimkutz/sss/skepticsframeset.html.

Cincinnati Skeptics. Web: www.cincinnatiskeptics.org. Oregon: Oregonians for Rationality. Web:

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