How do we know that we know what we know?

How do we Know? 

What is Normal?

What is Normal? 

Agnotology - The Willful spread of Ignorance

Agnotology by Michael Smith on Scribd

Is our Universe a Simulation?

Are We in a Simulation? 

Multiverse Theory

Multiverse Theory 

The Knower

The knower from Michael Smith

Introduction to Knowledge and Belief

Cognitive Biases

Cognitive Biases 

Confirmation Bias

The Nature of Questions

In this youtube clip Richard Feynman makes the very interesting point that every question we consider has its own implicit frame of reference. Whether we accept an answer to a question also depends on our frame of reference.

Falling Child Vaccination Rates

Here are two articles which address the reasons for falling vaccination rates (specifically in the U.S).

Vaccination Rates by Michael Smith

8 Reasons I Havent Vaccinated My Child by Michael Smith

Bertrand Russell - Theory of Knowledge (1926)

This is Bertrand Russell's contribution to the 1926 version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is a short essay entitled simply "Theory of Knowledge":

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/en/russell1.htm

Botswana Ronnie

We all grow up with a fairly fixed picture of 'right' and 'wrong' ways of doing things. The notion of genius is the ability to see past established paradigms. In that case, is Botswana Ronnie an example of a genius?



...and what about this guy (Jon Gomm)?

Knowledge and Science

In this episode of the BBC science podcast 'The Infinite Monkey Cage' a panel including Brian Cox, Stephen Fry and Eric Idle discuss the nature of knowledge and whether science is the true path to achieving it.

I thought Stephen Fry made a very interesting point when he described reason as "superstition". He described his view that there is a marked difference between reason and empiricism, and of the two we should put our faith in empiricism.

Justified True Belief

From http://philosophy-in-figures.tumblr.com/

Cognitive Biases

58 Cognitive Biases 

W. B. Yeats

The Limitations of Education

Changing Maps

Edmund Gettier on Justifed True Belief

Gettier Paper