links for 2007-02-07
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Indeed
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Pupils who took the Thinking Through Philosophy course - introduced in the council's primary schools six years ago - improved their IQs by up to 6.5 points, and showed improved intellectual performance even after leaving for secondary school.
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A larger share of workers will have minimal reading skills in 2030 than today, according to a report released Monday.
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more details on Edward's plan
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SEARLE: It isn't just that we're inclined. It's worse than that. You cannot escape the presupposition of free will. When you and I talk, or we order in a restaurant, or vote, we can only do these things on the supposition that we have a choice. We can't t
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Cured, but is he forgiven. His Christian brothers have advised that he move out of Colorado Springs and get a secular job.
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"The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life. Men educated in it cannot be stampeded by stump orators ... They are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and without pain. They can wait for evidence and weigh evidence, uninfluenced by the emphasis or confidence with which assertions are made on one side or the other. They can resist appeals to their dearest prejudices and all kinds of cajolery. Education in the critical faculty is the only education of which it can be truly said that it makes good citizens."
besides this great quote, what was the point of this link (which, imo, you should have posted instead of the link).
sorry, but with all the available options, im not ready to look in california for lessons in critical thinking. :) ad hominem! ad hominum! humminahumminahummina- jackie gleason
Teds Christian friends advised he move out of Colorado Springs?
Thats hardly Christian and forgiving is it?
I wonder does it imply an "or else".
The Searle interview is great stuff--thanks.