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Critical Thinking And Beliefs

Posted in Critical Thinking, tagged , , , on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What kinds of belief are there? How can critical thinking define your beliefs?
Jeffrey Ellis writes a great article that differentiates beliefs based on faith, delusion, bias, and that based on critical thinking (hence the diagram above).
From his post:
The first thing that should immediately jump out at you is that CT-based belief does not overlap any [...]

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What it Means to Keep an Open Mind

Posted in Critical Thinking, Science, tagged , , , on April 23, 2009 | 11 Comments »

Is it possible to believe in supernatural explanations and still be close-minded? As per this video, absolutely. It’s called rehearsing your own prejudices.

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Suicide Notes

Posted in Health, Psychology, Relationships, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2009 | 18 Comments »

The recent death of Trinidad Etong, wife of prominent Filipino broadcaster Ted Failon (Mario Etong in real-life) has spurred a lot of speculation about the circumstances of the case especially amongst bloggers and internet forums, particularly the question of suicide (which is the currently positioned angle of the Failon household) and the possibility of parricide, [...]

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The Abbot’s Gift

Posted in Philosophy, tagged , , on April 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The following anecdote is quoted from John Vorhaus and Tony Guerrera’s book on poker strategies (Killer Poker Short-handed, 2007). It illustrates the buddhist approach to value judgements. It also makes for interesting poker table banter.
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The Abbot’s Gift
A Zen monk, early in his training, is preparing to leave the monastery and switch locations, for that is [...]

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Success Stories

Posted in Relationships, tagged , on April 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Found this in Chuvaness.com, aptly titled PPS: Proud Parent Syndrome.
Four friends, who hadn’t seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks one of the men had to use the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids.
The first guy said, “My son is my pride and joy. He started [...]

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Morris Raphael Cohen – Critical Thinker

Posted in Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, tagged , on April 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »

 
Jewish philosopher, lawyer and legal scholar, Morris Raphael Cohen, and his thoughts on:
Critical Thinking:
The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest in the conclusions at which they arrive, and that their primary concern is to follow their premises to their logical [...]

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