Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I recently learned that I’m one of the few active-online skeptics (and honestly, I wonder even if I’m that much of a ‘skeptic’ anymore) – who can be named as having done primary research on assessing belief in the paranormal. Big thanks to Swoopy, Derek and Desiree for giving me a lovely shout-out on an [...]
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Breaking news at end of this blog-post! ***** As I write this, it’s the afternoon on the day that the Year 12 students in Western Australia do the first Philosophy and Ethics end-of-year exam. I’m hoping to get a copy of that exam after it has been completed by students today and will blog a [...]
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A quick hello to the members who attended tonight’s Philosophy Cafe! I promised to post some links, so here they are (sorry for not being too detailed, but it’s been a while since I’ve done a 5.30am to 10.00pm working-day). The Meetup.com group for APIS Perth/Fremantle. Whilst Joe will send out emails, I cut-and-paste the [...]
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So, there’s two things that have landed in the print in-tray and pushed aside until I got all these phone-calls done. Now that I’m up to the stage of ‘get all those emails done’, I’m going to be drinking a coffee and blogging this quickly, before I get back to work again. Shouldn’t take too [...]
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Interested in critical thinking for children? Keen to know what is being done to get skepticism and questioning in the teenage years? Want to know more about what’s buzzing internationally and making waves, especially here in Australia? If you’ve been keeping an eye on this blog, you’ll know that I’m keen on investigating and promoting [...]
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Before I start – get into Fine Lines book reviews at Jezebel.com. Great little trips down memory lane, with young adult books from the times you saved up to pay for the latest Judy Blume with small bills! ‘From the Mixed-Up Files…’ – it’s damned cool to check it out now – yes, running away [...]
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A special edition of the TANK Vodcast! This was something I had in mind for a while and even used in unedited format at a Level 1 training course earlier this year — now here it is for everyone who wants to show anyone (for example, other parents, teachers, school administrations or interested stakeholders) about [...]
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Found recently, but only blogged today! This was a topic of conversation, how the growth of interest in Philosophy in pop culture texts and guides (some of the ones that get used in classes here in WA include: The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking,Thinking Stories 1, 2 and 3 , Philosophy Rocks!, Philosophy: [...]
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