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Critical Thinking: The Secret Technique Professors Don’t Want You to Know!

IntroductionCritical thinking sounds fancy but it’s something most of us do everyday.  In fact, most of us are quite good at it…so long as we are properly motivated.   Unfortunately, we absolutely suck when the motivation is wrong–and I’m not talking about money. What do I mean by all this talk of correct and incorrect […]

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The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility by Strawson

http://search.dilbert.com/comic/Free-willIntroduction and ContextThere is something very important at stake in the free will vs determinism debate:  is moral responsibility possible?  Strawson’s answer is “no” but this follows whether determinism is true or false! If Strawson is right, and we can’t be morally responsible for our actions, why the heck do most people think that we […]

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