For those interested in further information about the Monkey Trial, I would recommend Larson's (1998) Summer for ... copies of the articles, they are available in back issues of Skeptic (www.skeptic.com), or feel free to e-mail me at ...
... 162, 162–3, 171–7, 283, 303 SRA (satanic ritual abuse), 153 stab-in-the-back myth, 77 Stanley, Clark (“Rattlesnake ... 193–205, 198n Stephen VI, Pope, 23–4, 28 Stigler, Stephen, 38n Stone, Lindsey, 50–2 strawman argument, 118, 122, ...
Good Thinking, and Bad: Using the Science of Cognition to Make Better Decisions
______ In previous chapters, we looked at ways in which thinking can go badly wrong—through epistemic stubbornness of holding beliefs that have little to no justification or that actually fly in the face of overwhelming counter-evidence ...
Or why a psychologist might label your idea a "creative insight"? After reading this book, you will know how the best and brightest thinkers judge the ways we decide, argue, solve problems, and tell right from wrong.
"In nature's school:" Faraday as an experimentalist. In D. Gooding & F. A. J. L. James (Eds.), Faraday rediscovered: Essays on the life and work of Michael Faraday, 17911867 (pp. 105-136). New York/London: Stockton/Macmillan.
Back in the year 2000, I was rejected when I volunteered as a councilor at the Jacksonville, Florida, Billy Graham Crusade. A local newspaper published an article I wrote about the experience ,. Click here if you'd like to read ...
“Good thinking. Go on.” “The fog was never so bad the sentries at the King's House couldn't see the front door, and no one came out that way all night, not till Mrs. Fletcher in the morning. But it was bad enough that they couldn't see ...
Emma Darcy. CHAPTER FIVE THE roses arrived just before the midmorning feeding time. One of the nurses carried in the huge arrangement, grinning from ear to ear. “Three dozen!” she crowed, eyeing Nina with speculative interest.
“The president's actions remind me of Stalin's leadership” cleverly gets the reader to associate the president with a ... Blackbeard and a gang of evil pirates aren't coming to our school to steal from our lockers, but can we trust all ...
Tracy looked up from his fingers on the guitar frets. “Why the hell not?” “Do you think I haven't noticed your little flirtations? I know all too well what that means. Been there, done that, got the kid to prove it.