Philosopher’s Zone- NYTimes – The Stone
- Athens in Pieces: The Stench of the Academy
- Athens in Pieces: The Art of Memory
- Socrates Wants You to Tidy Up, Too
- In Memoriam: What Would Gary Gutting Do?
- The Gender Politics of Fasting
- Affirmative Action and College Admissions: ‘The Problem With Meritocracy Is That It Isn’t Meritocratic’
- The Christmas Time Capsule
- In Praise of Wonder
- Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?
- I’m for Affirmative Action. Can You Change My Mind?
- Philosophy Now
- RSA Animate
- Scientific American – Mind and Brain
- 7 Beliefs of Emotionally Healthy People
- Humans Are <em>Still</em> Mating with Neandertals
- The One Change That Boosts a High School's Academic Performance
- Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music
- We Can Actually Prevent Depression in Some Cases
- Drunk Witnesses Remember a Surprising Amount
- Are Intellectuals Suffering a Crisis of Meaning?
- Can a Woman Sound Presidential?
- Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You
- Targeting Certain Brain Cells Can Switch Off Pain
- TED talks
- The age of genetic wonder | Juan Enriquez
- A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and phillip agnew
- 3 ways to practice civility | Steven Petrow
- How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) | P.J. Parmar
- Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it | Mathias Basner
- How women in Pakistan are creating political change | Shad Begum
- Ink made of air pollution | Anirudh Sharma
- What your breath could reveal about your health | Julian Burschka
- How we can help the "forgotten middle" reach their full potential | Danielle R. Moss
- 7 common questions about workplace romance | Amy Nicole Baker
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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?
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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
Atheism as a ‘Null Hypothesis’
An interesting take on the subject by QualiaSoup…
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)
