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Scientific Concepts For Everybody's Cognitive Toolbox

If you want to improve your thinking skills, understand reasoning biases, read succinct overviews of breaking scientific concepts, and get a glimpse of what it would be like to be really clever, this Edge anthology of answers to the question 'What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolbox?' is unbeatable. Over 150 answers to the question. This should keep you busy for days. Read more...

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?

Is reading Nietzsche dangerous? Disturbed young men read about doing philosophy with a hammer, and then what happens? Read more...

Matthew Lipman - philosophy in the classroom

Matthew Lipman in defiance of Piaget's prejudices brought critical thinking in to the classroom, and started a worldwide interest in teaching philosophy to young children.  Read more...

Dangerous Logic

True premises and valid form give a sound argument. But what happens when someone of unsound mind studies logic? Jared Lee Loughner's logic professor reflects. Read more...

The Architectonic of the Fallacy

Whether you agree or disagree with the taxonomy, there's no denying the elegance of this structural representation of our reasoning errors. Read more...