It turns out that my recent post Critical Thinking – Where to start?, with its list of 10 or so good books on critical thinking, has generated far more hits than any other entry on this humble blog. Many of those came from Gary Curtis’ blog on his excellent Fallacy Files site, where the list [...]
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Critical Thinking – Where to Really Start
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Tonight was my talk at the Melbourne branch of the Skeptics, Are Philosophers Any Good? The audience, about 50 or so, seemed engaged and entertained. Most people had had a few drinks and were in a mood for a bit of fun and hyperbole at the expense of the philosophical profession. At the end, I [...]
Blog Tag – 5 Things About Me
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
(First entry after a hiatus of a few weeks, while taking a holiday over the Xmas-NY period.) Sheryle Bolton tagged me in a kind of blog-network pyramid scheme: relate five things about yourself that others may not know, then tag five others. So here goes: Born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia First words were in [...]
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