Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Athens in Pieces: Democracy Isn’t Written, It Speaks
- Confronting Philosophy’s Anti-Semitism
- Athens in Pieces: What Really Happened at Eleusis?
- Why Mortality Makes Us Free
- Why White People Need Blackface
- Athens in Pieces: The Tragedy of Democracy
- The Oscars and the Illusion of Perfect Representation
- The Good-Enough Life
- Athens in Pieces: In Aristotle’s Garden
- Athens in Pieces: The Stench of the Academy
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- A Reason to be Skeptical of the Workplace Wellness Industry
- 4 Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings
- No, A Shamrock Won't Bring You Luck
- Can Cannabis Solve the Opioid Crisis?
- An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer's at Bay
- The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
- 7 Strategies to Maximize a Break without Losing Focus
- Harnessing the Power of "Collective Intelligence" to Change Beliefs about Global Warming
- The Science of Tipping Points: How 25 Percent Can Create a Majority
- <em>Adam Ruins Everything</em> Shows Us the Right Way to Be Wrong
- TED talks
- What's killing bees -- and how to save them | Noah Wilson-Rich
- Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art | Amanda Williams
- The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes | Phil Plait
- How to keep human bias out of AI | Kriti Sharma
- "My Man" / "Bohanna" / "We Dance" | Crush Club
- Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse | Thomas Curran
- Where did the Moon come from? A new theory | Sarah T. Stewart
- What happens in your throat when you beatbox? | Tom Thum and Matthew Broadhurst
- The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care | Yvonne van Amerongen
- An unexpected tool for understanding inequality: abstract math | Eugenia Cheng
Category Archives: Philosophy of Science
Ability to Think Scientifically Declines as Kids Grow Up
Young children think like researchers but lose the feel for the scientific method as they age via Scientific American If your brownies came out too crispy on top but undercooked in the center, it would make sense … Continue reading
Anecdotal Evidence cartoon
via smbc
How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results
Why subjective anecdotes often trump objective data By Michael Shermer | July 25, 2008 | 27 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-anecdotal-evidence-can-undermine-scientific-results The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.
Happiness, Philosophy and Science
By GARY GUTTING NYTimes ‘The Stone’ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/gary-gutting/ Extract below (useful bit) The new research has both raised hopes and provoked skepticism. Psychologists such as Sonja Lyubomirsky have developed a new genre of self-help books, purporting to replace the intuitions … Continue reading
Peace of Mind: Near-Death Experiences Now Found to Have Scientific Explanations
Seeing your life pass before you and the light at the end of the tunnel, can be explained by new research on abnormal functioning of dopamine and oxygen flow By Charles Q. Choi Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=peace-of-mind-near-death Near-death experiences are often thought of … Continue reading
Homeopathic leak threatens catastrophe
What is the role of humour here…? http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/09/09/homeopathic-leak-threatens-catastrophe/ An accidental release of highly dilute homeopathic waste from a research institute in Swindon has led to calls for the centre to be shut down. Plant operators have admitted responsibility for massive … Continue reading
Post modernism explained?
Obviously simplistic, but ripe for comment!
What’s logic got to do with it? – Some of the greatest flashes of scientific inspiration were sparked by utterly illogical thinking.
POPULAR belief has it that science is the preserve of logical Mr Spocks. A great scientific discovery must surely spring from a series of logical steps, each taken coolly and calmly, in the rational order. But take some time to … Continue reading
Top Ten Evolution Myths – and how we know it really happened (pdf)
Often misunderstandings about evolution are really misunderstandings about how science operates. This document deals with both rather nicely. Philosophy of Science. From the Skeptics Society. Top Ten Evolution Myths (pdf)
Richard Feynman on the nature of science
A beautiful analogy between science and chess.
Consciousness – science tackles the self (pdf)
We know that we are aware of ourselves. But we don’t know how. And we are not even sure why. The answers may lie in the physical processes of consciousness 01 April 1989 by SUSAN BLACKMORE New Scientists Magazine issue … Continue reading
Philosophy in Senior Schools
(From my appearance on ABC Radio National’s ‘Philosopher’s Zone) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2007/1911312.htm Philosophy is about asking childlike questions – how do we know the world exists? How do we know it hasn’t just started existing? Why can’t we go back in time? … Continue reading
Some important tools of critical thinking
(from my Ockham’s Razor appearance on the ABC’s Radio National) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2010/2975629.htm Robyn Williams: And now, the bad news. No, don’t run off – this is interesting – even Quite Interesting, as Stephen Fry might say. Here I’ll quote directly from a … Continue reading
Meat without slaughter: ‘6 months’ to bio-sausages – science-in-society – 31 August 2011 – New Scientist
Meat without slaughter: ‘6 months’ to bio-sausages – science-in-society – 31 August 2011 – New Scientist.
Teaching the Nature of Science
Three Critical Questions By Randy L. Bell, Ph.D. Teaching the Nature of Science
Numbers and Language
Do we need language to understand the basics of numbers? Mind, Science. TOK. Numbers and Language (pdf)
Indian High Court Rules Astrology is a Science
MUMBAI: Astrology has been debunked by most world scientists including India’s renowned physicist Prof. Yash Pal. However, it is “science” in India. Philosophy of religion, philosophy of science,TOK, appeal to tradition, logical fallacies, reasoning. Astrology is a science_ Bombay HC … Continue reading
Theory of Knowledge – Sense Perception
Teaching the Nature of Science.pdf
Evolution comic
One of the best and most easily understood introductions to evolution around. Philosophy of science. Evolution comic (pdf)
