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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “rationality”

 

• The Paradox of the Preface and the Law of Non-Contradiction

  
  Maverick Philosopher — Authority: 604
  Suppose an author exercises due diligence in the researching and writing of a nonfiction book. He has good reason to believe that all of the statements he makes in the book are true. But he is also well aware of human fallibility and that he is no exception to the rule. And so, aware of his fallibility, he has good ...
  2 weeks ago

• On What Doesn’t Really Matter

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 591
  Philip Kitcher expresses a frustration I’ve also had with Derek Parfit : Consider the case that Parfit refers to as “Bridge,” a variant on a much-discussed scenario. In the canonical version, five people are bound to a track and threatened by the approach of a train. On the rail of the bridge over the track ...
  2 weeks ago

• We are Not Robots: How Doing the Right Thing Means Meeting Brick Walls in Humanity and Healthcare

  
  The Nerdy Nurse — Authority: 531
  I’ve been talking with my friend Kate (of Girl Meets Geek) about Brick Walls, a blog post, written on wolfhirschhorn.org: THE REAL STORY ABOUT WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME.You should read the post. It’s powerful.In summation, their is a little girl who needs a kidney transplant. The doctor refuses to do it for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Don’t Be a Tellarite

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 591
  “Tellarites do not argue for any reason; they simply argue.” –Ambassador Sarek On the “censorship” front: Here @ LoOG BlaiseP nukes a Tellarite ; even the usually gentle Dr. Saunders goes to DefCon 2 on Tellarites ; over at the vaunted Volokh Conspiracy blog, a Tellarite’s earth gets scorched ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Structure and Dynamics of Growth - Part 2

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  How we come to know a thing is a curious amalgam of experience, perception, interpretation and its assimilation with what we believe we already understand. read more
  2 weeks ago

• The Structure and Dynamics of Growth Part 2

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  How we come to know a thing is a curious amalgam of experience, perception, interpretation and its assimilation with what we believe we already understand. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Survey says: Doug’s wrong

  
  PEA Soup — Authority: 99
  Well, not quite. The survey showed that about one-third of the respondents shared my intuition that I (qua subject of the example) have no reason to purchase ITEM and that about two-thirds of respondents have the contrary intuition that I do have a reason to purchase ITEM. This doesn’t show that I’m wrong, but ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Burden of Proof

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 591
  In the recent thread on Huntsman , BlaiseP, Tom van Dyke and I ended up in a bit of a digression of atheism and the burden of proof which I thought was worth teasing out, but not on that thread.  The part of the exchange I want to focus on was between Tom and I and went like this: Tom: the atheists need better ...
  2 weeks ago

• Detecting Pseudoscience: A Few Links

  
  Grognor's Blog — Authority: 92
  I stumbled upon a number of pseudoscience detection kits. So, I figured Id search for a few more, optimizing for information, and share. If you know of other good ones, post them in the comments. Richard Feynmans essay, Cargo Cult Science , is a classic. If you havent read it, you need to read it. Peter ...
  2 weeks ago

• Index to the “Debating Tactics and Pseudoskepticism” series

  
  Debunking Denialism — Authority: 105
  This post will serve as an index post to the series covering topics regarding the problems with pseudoskepticism and debating tactics. The Challenge of Pseudoskepticism provides an outline of common debate tactics that pseudoskeptics use and possible countermeasures. Against Those Who Cannot be Turned… discussed the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Avoiding Future Agony: Survey Says

  
  PEA Soup — Authority: 99
  I disagree with one of my fellow PEA Brains about something. Part of what our disagreement hinges upon is our differing intuitions about the following sort of case. Although its clear that we have differing intuitions about this case, its not clear whose intuitions are more widely shared. Of course, I dont think that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Give Me A Dozen Examples, by Bryan Caplan

  
  EconLog — Authority: 668
  People often estimate probabilities based on how easy it is to think of examples.  Tons of examples pop into your head: High probability.  Zero examples come to mind despite brow-furrowing: Low probability.  This is known as the " availability heuristic ."  Ive been reading about availability for most of my ...
  2 weeks ago

• Millions stolen from North Carolina workers

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 473
  The Republican vision for North Carolina was on full display this week in a report by the NC Justice Center that Tarheel employers screwed their workers out of millions of dollars, just because they could. These are the same employers that the GOTP Wrecking Crew will "hire" to take over our roads, hospitals, ...
  3 weeks ago

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