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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(Live-Blogging the presentation at the FAPSA conference: ‘Democracy and Philosophy Education’ by Phillip Cam – this isn’t strictly live-blogging, since I did it using a Word document on the day and only now have had the chance to post it) An interview with Phillip Cam, an associate professor of history and philosophy at the University [...]
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In other words, Philosophy for Children does not tell the child what to think: ultimately that is up to the child. What it does do is give children the intellectual, social and emotional tools that they need to think well, to think judiciously and reasonably and, by means of the classroom community of inquiry, fosters [...]
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October 28, 2009 5:30 PM at the Hale School Music and Drama Center – Unwin Avenue, Wembley Downs. For the past two years the Philosothon has been a great success – this year looks to be no different! The image is from the 2008 Philosothon, where there’s more details on the Dialogue Australia site. The [...]
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Firstly — here’s two films that I made for the Skeptic Zone podcast and only recently got uploaded. They were first filmed for the TANK vodcast; now they are edited for easier viewing. Thanks to Richard Saunders for getting me more time to show them in full. Interview with Professor Jeff Malpas — Dr Jeff [...]
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Dear all, Over the past few days there has been two five to six hour round trips to south of the state; some getting over a cold; one teacher workshop on critical thinking (where I presented on skepticism for the fourth time); a rather worrying development in the health of a co-worker; one house-guest (who [...]
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Before I tell you the story behind the day – here’s something to help those parents who are looking for a great gift (and keen skeptic supporters out there). The intersection of art, science, math, education and origami is well known; there’s even conferences dedicated to the mathematics of paper folding. Richard Saunders of the [...]
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Dear readers – that is, if there’s any readers left after my shocking lack of content recently, you might as well do The Podblack Suggestion Box Survey, hint, hint… I’ll shut it down on the 26th September, so any feedback up to then is very much appreciated. Now, I know that I promised to blog [...]
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