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Category Archives: PowerPoints, Video and other Media
The Limits of Imagination
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What use Philosophy?
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A Useful Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills
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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? Download Video or MP3
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Can science answer questions about morality?
Sam Harris on TED
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What Democracy is not…
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Harvard Justice Series: The Moral Side of Murder
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The Changing Climate of Skepticism
Via Embiggen Books In this excellent talk given by Peter Ellerton (winner of the 2008 Australian Skeptics prize for Critical Thinking) on the Climate Change debate, the viewer is encouraged to examine the way in which the debate is being … Continue reading
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
Excellent intellectual exercise Download Video or MP3
Atheism as a ‘Null Hypothesis’
An interesting take on the subject by QualiaSoup… Download Video or MP3
Language as a Window into Human Nature
Another excellent video from RSA Animate http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/
Humanist Society of Queensland presentation
HSQ HSQ presentation (pptx)
Decartes Evil Demon
Power point & questions for grade 10 students. Metaphysics, are you a brain in a vat? Overview of Descartes’ evil demon hypothesis (ppt) Comprehension and understanding questions (doc) Descartes and the Evil Demon answers (doc) (Uploaded by Diane Butler.)
The Tools of Critical Thinking
Ocham’s Razor episode with Peter Ellerton on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and courses in schools. Critical thinking. Ockhams Razor – Ellerton (mp3)
STEM conference
Nature of Science – philosophy of science STEM conference – Nature of Science Presentation (pptx)
