What about the system that takes as an axiom that there are self-evident truths? And why, oh why, don’t they teach them philosophy in these schools? They could start with Aristotle’s Organon.
Archive for June, 2009
This discussion cracks me up
Posted in Mathematics, Philosophy / Theology, tagged Cur in his scholis eos philosophiam non docent? on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Biased use of the word “bias”
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Psychologists have discovered that humans in general – and children in particular – exhibit three innate biases:
Essentialist bias: all natural kinds have and immutable essence
Teleological bias: what they see must be purposeful and goal-orientated
Intentionality bias: actions and outcomes must be the work of an intentional agent
These biases are actually useful for children [...]
