Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Breaking My Own Silence
- Elena Ferrante: A Power of Our Own
- Beware of ‘Snakes,’ ‘Invaders’ and Other Fighting Words
- The Sacred Spell of Words
- Athens in Pieces: An Offering to the Soccer Gods
- The End of Satire
- Athens in Pieces: The Happiest Man I’ve Ever Met
- Who Counts as a Woman?
- A God Problem
- This Friendship Has Been Digitized
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- How to Be a Data-Driven Parent
- Be Careful with Occam’s Razor, You Might Cut Yourself
- Failure to Launch Syndrome
- The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of <em>Game of Thrones</em>
- Are We More Attracted to People Who Look like Our Parents?
- Autism May Be Diagnosed by Age Two
- Unread Books at Home Still Spark Literacy Habits
- Can Knowing Your Genetic Risk Change Your Physiology?
- Thwarting a Protein Reverses Brain Decline in Aged Mice
- Locking Eyes with a Monster
- TED talks
- How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others | Brittany Packnett
- The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood
- How AI could become an extension of your mind | Arnav Kapur
- What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes | Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
- Could a tattoo help you stay healthy? | Carson Bruns
- Digital humans that look just like us | Doug Roble
- Sleep is your superpower | Matt Walker
- How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel
- The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali
- The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward | Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman
Category Archives: Resources
The power of categorical logic
The sum of all knowledge in two books…
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What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
There’s a big difference between science and pseudoscience. But if people don’t understand how science works in the first place, it’s very easy for them to fall for the pseudoscience. Source: What exactly is the scientific method and why do … Continue reading
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Paralympic athletes faster than olympic athletes — what does this tell us about difference?
Four 1500m runners in the T13 class at the Paralympics all ran faster in their final than the time that won American Matthew Centrowitz the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio last month. Source: Paralympics Rio 2016: 1500m … Continue reading
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Logic: if + then = why? How can we understand the power of logic?
Hold on to your modus ponens; we’re getting serious about precision. Logic works in a surprising range of places, from the law to your smart phone. It’s all about propositions and connectives—if you infer validly you should end up with … Continue reading
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How do we ensure we are exposed to new ideas? A parody with bite.
Assuring users that the company’s entire team of engineers was working hard to make sure a glitch like this never happens again, Facebook executives confirmed during a press conference Tuesday that a horrible accident last night involving the website’s algorithm … Continue reading
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A Life of Meaning (Reason Not Required) – What is the nature of our relationship with reason?
If philosophy is to stay relevant, it must bridge the gap between feeling, thought and reason. Few would disagree with two age-old truisms: We should strive to shape our lives with reason, and a central prerequisite for the good life … Continue reading
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Can you name this cognitive bias?
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Teaching philosophy improves standardised scores
Want to improve NAPLAN scores? Teach children philosophy Latest figures show that student scores in reading, writing, language and numeracy have failed to improve despite schools receiving record funding over the past few years. The National Assessment Program – Literacy … Continue reading
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Are we in control of our own decisions?
Dan Ariely — One of the most significant of TED talks for understanding how we think.
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Neuroscience and education: myths and messages
NATURE REVIEWS | NEUROSCIENCE Abstract: For several decades, myths about the brain — neuromyths — have persisted in schools and colleges, often being used to justify ineffective approaches to teaching. Many of these myths are biased distortions of scientific fact. … Continue reading
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Free will is not as free as we think – and that’s ok.
The Philosopher’s Zone – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Free will is on the run. Bit by scientific bit, the belief that we might actually command our own domain is in retreat. But all is not lost, according to … Continue reading
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Where’s the Proof in Pseudoscience?
Peter Ellerton, The Conversation Contrast this with homeopathy, a field that has generated no discernible growth in knowledge or practice. While the use of modern scientific language may make it sound more impressive, there is no corresponding increase in knowledge … Continue reading
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Science in the lead?
Is scientific progress outpacing progress in areas such as ethics and politics? What does progress in these areas look like?
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Plato and Aristotle from ‘The School of Athens’
Plato advocating for the Forms, Aristotle for the world. Add in the word ‘basketball’, and you cannot unsee it.
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Teaching the nature of science (and keeping students engaged)
Peter Ellerton, The Conversation What’s particularly disturbing about current science education at the primary, secondary and tertiary level is the almost complete lack of explicit consideration of what I’ve referred to as the “nature of science”. Not only are many … Continue reading
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Why You Don’t Know Your Own Mind
Alex Rosenburg, The Stone. It is often said that we can never truly know the minds of others, because we can’t “get inside their heads.” Our ability to know our own minds, though, is rarely called into question. It is … Continue reading
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The value of subjective experience (or not)
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Free will and mobile phones
Can you prove you have free will?
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A Critical Thinking Matrix
Exploring the relationship between cognitive skills and the values of inquiry. Grey boxes describe student work. This can be used to generate rubrics. CT Matrix
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The Skills, Values and Virtues of Inquiry
A model for understanding effective thinking through categorising key educational ideas and examining the relationships between them. Skills Values and Virtues of Inquiry
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