Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Life Is Short. That’s the Point.
- The Beast in Me
- Our Hubris Will Be Our End
- Revelation of a Liverpool Soccer Fan
- Our Deepest Condolences
- We Are Merging With Robots. That’s a Good Thing.
- The Humanity We Can’t Relinquish
- There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy
- Are We All ‘Harmless Torturers’ Now?
- How We Lost the Sky
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Work and the Transition Myth
- Enabling education for all
- Designing a roadmap to ethical AI in Government
- Businesses must go All In for sustainability
- How do governments add value to society?
- Is there hope for Blackpool?
- Does the UK measure up on food and health?
- A Wider Landscape on Democracy
- Type R and Organisational Resilience
- The New Localism: Think Like a System, Act Like an Entrepreneur
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- What Are the Jobs That Immigrants Do?
- Stop Comparing Yourself to Others with These 5 Tips
- Sex, Drugs and Self-Control
- Life at the Improv: The Power of Imagination
- Autism and DDT: What 1 Million Pregnancies Can—and Can't—Reveal
- A Necessary Evil
- An Entirely New Type of Antidepressant Targets Postpartum Depression
- Can Talk Therapy Help People Who Are Unable to Experience Joy?
- Are Boys Better Than Girls at Math?
- Men Who Advocate for Others in the Workplace Face Backlash
- TED talks
- How urban spaces can preserve history and build community | Walter Hood
- How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down | Hasini Jayatilaka
- What a scrapyard in Ghana can teach us about innovation | DK Osseo-Asare
- Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker
- The little risks you can take to increase your luck | Tina Seelig
- How teachers can help kids find their political voices | Sydney Chaffee
- How AI can save our humanity | Kai-Fu Lee
- You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it) | Christoph Niemann
- You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies | Bronwyn King
- Fake videos of real people -- and how to spot them | Supasorn Suwajanakorn
Category Archives: Resource Collections
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
Evolution comic
One of the best and most easily understood introductions to evolution around. Philosophy of science. Evolution comic (pdf)
The Truth Wears Off
Is there something wrong with the scientific method? Philosophy of science. From the New Yorker. The Truth Wears Off (pdf)
The Relativity of Wrong – Isaac Asimov
Are all wrongs equally wrong? TOK, philosophy of science, nature of truth, inductive reasoning. Asimov – The Relativity of Wrong (pdf) Full text below
STEM conference
Nature of Science – philosophy of science STEM conference – Nature of Science Presentation (pptx)
Does Truth Matter? – Carl Sagan
Good Sagan stuff. Philosophy of science. Does Truth Matter and related articles – Carl Sagan (pdf) Full text below
Funny Proofs of God’s Existence
In a Word document. Proofs of God’s existence
Brain science and the search for the self
Nice little overview of how the whole thing started. From New Scientist magazine. Philosophy of mind, consciousness, self. 20 March 2009 by A C Grayling AFTER John Locke published his Essay Concerning Human Understanding in 1690, he sent copies to various … Continue reading
Evidence for consciousness being a brain-wide activity
Electrodes implanted in the brains of people with epilepsy might have resolved an ancient question about consciousness. Philosophy of mind, consciousness. From New Scientist magazine. ‘Consciousness signature’ discovered spanning the brain 00:00 17 March 2009 by Anil Ananthaswamy For similar stories, … Continue reading
Did aversion to bitter tastes evolve into moral disgust?
People’s visceral reaction to incest or betrayal by others could stem from a natural aversion to potentially toxic foods. Moral Philosophy, ethics. Another revealing article from New Scientist magazine. 19:00 26 February 2009 by Ewen Callaway For similar stories, visit the The … Continue reading
David Papineau on Scientific Realism
From Philosophy Bites. Philosophy of Science. Nice piece and quite short. David Papineau on Scientific Realism (mp3)
Psychology and Psychics – Why some people think they are psychic.
Interesting article on why people may feel psychic from New Scientist. Philosophy of mind, human nature, psychics, psychology. New Scientist Belief Special 28 January 2006 Glad to be gullible Clare Wilson It is five minutes past midnight and I am alone … Continue reading
Immoral advances: Is science out of control?
How do we place a moral value on science? What issues are here and on the horizon that will test our moral boundaries through the advancement of science? Philosophy of science, ethics, moral philosophy. From New Scientist magazine. Immoral advances: … Continue reading
Both sides of the debate…
Irrational ideas. Intelligent design. Philosophy of religion. Philosophy of science. (cartoon)
How Science Works
A lovely description of the process of science. David Goodstein, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., is Vice Provost, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, and theFrank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,California. Philosophy of science. HowScienceworks
Intelligent Design – the Myth of Irreducible Complexity
How irreducible complexity, a stalwart of the Intelligent Design movement is NOT supported by the bacterial flagellum. Philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, hypothesis. Mark Perakh discusses how Intelligent Design proponents created the myth that bacterial flagella look like man-made … Continue reading
Free Will vs the Programmed Brain
If our actions are determined by prior events, then do we have a choice about anything—or any responsibility for what we do? Scientific American. Free will, philosophy of mind, determinism. By Shaun Nichols Many scientists and philosophers are convinced that … Continue reading
Do Subatomic Particles have Free Will?
If we have free will, so do subatomic particles, mathematicians claim to prove. Article from New Scientisty magazine. Philosophy of mind, consciousness, free will. Do subatomic particles have free will? http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35391/title/Do_subatomic_particles_have_free_will%3F Do subatomic particles have free will? By Julie … Continue reading
Tackling the Problem of Free Will
For years, the frustrating lack of progress on the problem of free will has been a scandal in philosophy. Now it looks as if neurobiology may help us out – and indeed it may, says John Searle, but don’t think … Continue reading
Scientific Theory vs Scientific Law
An explanation of the difference between a theory and a law in science. Philosophy of science. Theory vs Law (wmv)
