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Critical Thinking & College

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:22

With the ever increasing cost of college education there is ever more reason to consider whether or not college is worth it. While much of this assessment can be in terms of income, there is also the academic question of …

Why cheat?

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:39

Stephen Mumford explains why it is wrong to cheat in sport. This article appears in Issue 61 of The Philosophers’ Magazine. Please support TPM by subscribing. Widespread moral outrage has been prompted by Lance Armstrong finally coming clean on his use of performance …

On warranted deference

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:15:49

By their nature, skeptics have a hard time deferring. And they should. One of the classic (currently undervalued) selling points for any course in critical thinking is that it grants people an ability to ratchet down the level of trust …

Philosophy Carnival #151

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:37

Is now online, over at Camels with Hammers. Check it out here.

Violence & Video Games, Yet Again.

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:32:53

While there is an abundance of violence in the real world, there is also considerable focus on the virtual violence of video games. Interestingly, some people (such as the head of the NRA) blame real violence on the virtual violence …

A Theory of Justice: The Musical – a romp through 2,500 years of philosophy

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:52:06

Rebecca Reilly-Cooper is astonished by “A Theory of Justice: The Musical”, a hilarious combination of musical theatre and political philosophy. This article appears in Issue 61 of The Philosophers’ Magazine. Please support TPM by subscribing. The priority of equal basic liberties over fair equality …

The science-philosophy connection

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:22

In this article published in the Guardian, the theoretical physicist Michael Krämer says all the right things about the connection between science and philosophy. Here’s a brief summary. He points out that, up until the middle of the twentieth century or …

Nussbaum on philosophy, art, emotion, etc

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:08:51

It’s Martha Nussbaum’s birthday, or anyway it was yesterday, and to celebrate, here’s part of an interview she did with The Philosophers’ Magazine a year or two ago. She talks about the role of philosophy, the importance of the liberal …

Motives for Terror

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:28

After the evil and senseless bombing in Boston, there was considerable speculation about the motives of the bombers. Not surprisingly, some folks blamed their preferred demons: some on the left leaped to conclusions involving right-wingers while those on the right …

Gun Research

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:44:46

One important component of rational decision making is acquiring the best available evidence regarding the subject at hand. This is because there are two main components to having a good argument. The first is the quality of the reasoning being …