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Are we individual or social creatures?

How does the concept of individuality affect politics? Commentary from The Stone New York Times. Here’s a pdf Evolution and the American Myth of the Individual – NYTimes.com

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The Ethics of Robot Cars

How about robot cars with ethics settings adjusted to suite the driver? Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings Here’s a PDF

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Free Will and the Genome Project

From Philosophy and Public Affairs – click here for PDF

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Watch what you think….

What you think is right may actually be wrong – here’s why By Peter Ellerton We like to think that we reach conclusions by reviewing facts, weighing evidence and analysing arguments. But this is not how humans usually operate, particularly … Continue reading

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Another resource for Fallacies of Reasoning

Great resource and very accessible to students.  

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Biased sample? Circular reasoning?

Discuss.

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Science and Conspiracy

A useful resource produced by NASA debunking claims that the moon landings were faked. Debunking moon landing conspiracies

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The Limits of Imagination

Discuss  

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What use Philosophy?

Discuss.  

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Truth Puzzles booklet

A useful teaching resource in deductive logic.  Booklet of logic puzzles. Truth Puzzles

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Can We Choose To Believe Something?

Discuss  

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Honesty and Charity in Arguments

From NYTimes – By GARY GUTTING, The Stone Link – As a philosophy professor, I spend much of my time thinking about the arguments put forward by professional philosophers. As a citizen (and an occasional columnist for The Stone), I also spend lots of … Continue reading

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A Useful Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills

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Analogy

Another analogy brought to you by Dilbert.

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Whose brain is it? Consciousness, free will and the brain.

If ‘I’ change ‘my’ mind?  Then where do ‘I’ fit in?

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The Tale of the Slave

Robert Nozick’s dangerous question.

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10 Philosophical Principles

From John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, Aristotle’s ‘mean’ philosophy to the principle of charity, here are the greatest principles of philosophy By JULIAN BAGGINI, Editor of The Philosopher’s Magazine 1. THE HARM PRINCIPLE by JOHN STUART MILL, 1806-1873 Whenever legislation is … Continue reading

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The Fallacy of Deepest Offence

Are all ideas equal? Not in the classroom By Peter Ellerton, University of Queensland There is a widespread belief amongst teachers that it is part of their duty of care, even a defining aspect of their professionalism, that all views … Continue reading

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Fallacies Poster

A lovely job from http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/  please visit the site for interactive presentation.

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What Truth Doesn’t Mean

The truth, the whole truth and … wait, how many truths are there? Calling something a “scientific truth” is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it carries a kind of epistemic (how we know) credibility, a quality assurance that a … Continue reading

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