CICAP

Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze
AbbreviationCICAP
Formation1989; 35 years ago (1989)
TypeNGO
PurposeScientific skepticism
Location
Region served
Italy
Official language
Italian
President
Sergio Della Sala
Key people
Massimo Polidoro (executive director)
AffiliationsEuropean Council of Skeptical Organisations
Websitewww.cicap.org

The Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims on Pseudosciences (Italian: Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sulle Pseudoscienze; CICAP) is an Italian non-profit skeptical educational organization, founded in 1989. CICAP's main goal is to promote a scientific and critical investigation of pseudosciences, the paranormal, so-called mysteries and the unusual, with the aim of encouraging a more scientific attitude and critical thinking.[1]

It is a member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations.[2]

  1. ^ "Che cos'è il CICAP". www.cicap.org (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Skeptics Organisations ECSO Members". Retrieved 17 September 2014.