- “They’re biased, so they’re wrong!” That’s a fallacy. (Call it the bias fallacy.) Here’s why it’s a fallacy: being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. So we cannot necessarily infer from one to the other. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy 8 comments philosophy
- “They’re biased, so they’re wrong!” That’s a fallacy. (Call it the bias fallacy.) Here’s why it’s a fallacy: being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. So we cannot necessarily infer from one to the other. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy 43 comments philosophy
- When students ask me how to write a good philosophy paper, I give them these four criteria, in this order: (1st) clarity, (2nd) cogency, (3rd) conciseness, and (optionally) creativity. Then I give them 5 tips to achieve these criteria. https://www.byrdnick.com/archives/11510/how-to-write-a-philosophy-paper 19 comments philosophy
- Reflective reasoning is deliberate, conscious thinking about thinking. Sometimes reflective reasoning helps. Alas, sometimes it doesn’t. (And sometimes it hurts.) A good account of reflective reasoning should explain why reflective reasoning sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. https://www.byrdnick.com/archives/11559/what-is-reflective-reasoning 94 comments philosophy
- If our intuitions can be explained by neuroscience, then our intuitions might be the result of natural properties. And that might mean that an appeal to intuition is an appeal to nature (which can be a fallacy). So is it a fallacy to appeal to intuition? Here are three ways to answer that question. https://www.byrdnick.com/archives/4318/appeal-to-nature-appeal-to-intuition-fallacy 234 comments philosophy
- "If our judgments are dependent on the brain, then maybe we can understand our judgments by studying our brains. So maybe we can understand our philosophical judgments by studying our brains. So can neuroscience help us understand philosophy? Here are some studies which suggest that it can." https://www.byrdnick.com/archives/4736/experimental-philosophy-neuroscience-of-philosopy 284 comments philosophy
- “They’re biased, so they’re wrong!” That’s a fallacy. (Call it the bias fallacy.) Here’s why it’s a fallacy: being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. So we cannot necessarily infer from one to the other. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy 763 comments philosophy
- Daniel Kahneman's research shows how cognitive bias can derail our attempts to answer tough questions. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10378/research-questions-substitution 3 comments philosophy
- How Kahneman's research on heuristics can help researchers avoid mistakes when trying to answer their research question(s): http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10378/research-questions-substitution 4 comments cogsci
- 9 Things About People Who Study Philosophy: higher income, better school admission rates, better test scores, better reasoning,... http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/9891/study-philosophy 6 comments philosophy
- 30 podcasts about philosophy and related topics. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10238/cognitive-science-philosophy-podcasts 5 comments philosophy
- Online resources for studying and teaching philosophy. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10244/studying-teaching-philosophy 69 comments philosophy
- A list of philosophy and/or cognitive science blogs. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10251/cognitive-science-andor-philosophy-blogs 3 comments philosophy
- Videos about philosophy and cognitive science. http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/10249/videos-cognitive-science-philosophy 4 comments philosophy
- Is post-fact reasoning redeemable? http://www.byrdnick.com/archives/9908/post-fact-irredeemable 4 comments politics