12 -Theory of Knowledge: Magazine articles
Aeon Magazine
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The Philosopher's Magzine
Carolyn Korsmeyer implores us to try a different flavour of thinking
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Gettier and justified true belief: fifty years on
This is the golden – the fiftieth – anniversary of Edmund Gettier’s remarkable paper on why knowledge isn’t justified true belief.
Scientific American magazine
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The Danger for Scientists of Keeping an Open Mind Why great scientists make great mistakes
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Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs Ideology needs to give way
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How politics distorts science on both ends of the spectrum
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How Skeptics Can Break the Cycle of False Beliefs Pluralistic ignorance and the last best hope on Earth
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How Communities Shape Our Morals Nazis did not just blindly follow orders Nov 13, 2012 |By Michael Shermer
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The Mind’s Compartments Create Conflicting Beliefs How our modular brains lead us to deny and distort evidence
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Science closes in on why there is something instead of nothing May 1, 2012 |By Michael Shermer
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Why people who believe in one conspiracy are prone to believe in others September 2012 By Michael Shermer
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Why Your Brain Is Irrational about Obama and Romney Subliminal influences guide our voting preferences Sep 18, 2012 |By Michael Shermer
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Evolution Explains Why Politics Is So Tribal Morality binds us together into cohesive groups but blinds us to the ideas and motives of those in other groups Jun 1, 2012 |By Michael Shermer
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Climbing Mount Immortality: Death, Cognition and the Making of Civilization How awareness of our mortality may be a major driver of civilization Apr 1, 2012 |By Michael Shermer
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Can an Atheist Be in Awe of the Universe? What does the magnificence of the universe have to do with God?
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The decline of religion and the rise of the “nones”
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Intuition is the key to knowing without knowing how you know
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Can an Atheist Be in Awe of the Universe? What does the magnificence of the universe have to do with God?
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The decline of religion and the rise of the “nones”
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The Contradictions between the Creationist Movements A skeptic engages three types of creationists who claim science supports their beliefs, yet they contradict one another
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Evolution and economics are both examples of a larger mysterious phenomenon
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Purported sightings of Bigfoot, Nessie and Ogopogo fire our imaginations. But anecdotes alone do not make a science
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Smart People Believe Weird Things Rarely does anyone weigh facts before deciding what to believe
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Francis Bacon and experimental psychologists show why the facts in science never just speak for themselves
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The Science of Right and Wrong Can data determine moral values?
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The Physicist and the Abalone Diver The difference between the creators of two new theories of science reveals the social nature of the scientific process
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Why most scientists do not believe in ESP and psi phenomena
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If the brain mediates all experience, then paranormal phenomena are nothing more than neuronal events
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Science reveals humanity's heart of darkness
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Perceptual-blindness experiments challenge the validity of eyewitness testimony and the metaphor of memory as a video recording
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The Huffington Post : The Third Metric
The American : The Online Magazine of the American Enterprise Institute
Australasian Science magazine
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The Language of Emotions in Music Music is said to be like shorthand for emotions. The power of music to convey emotion is one of the main reasons people listen to and enjoy music. By Sharpley Hsieh November 2012
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"....There are three morals to this account. First, science can never be a relentless planned objective progression of pre-arranged steps; rather, it resembles a voyage of exploration along an unknown coastline, where we subjectively gamble on taking leads and channels that look promising but may end as cul de sacs, or may even take us on to a whole new ocean of possibilities...." by: John Bradshaw
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Feature: Dead Hands and Phantoms by: Lee Walsh, Janet Taylor and Simon Gandevia Recent studies have highlighted how central signals in the brain can change our sensation of the position and movement of joints, and how phantom limbs form when sensory information is lost.
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The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire Posted: 10/18/2013