Examples Are Critical To Thinking Well
Examples are important in thinking well. They are, after all, the source of our concepts and ideas. They keep us focused on reality, and help …
Philosophy
We Need The Ecological Approach To Visual Perception
Here are some good podcast episodes by Dr. Rob Gray about the work of JJ Gibson, who developed the Ecological Approach.
Mainstream Education Is Broken — How Do We Fix It?
Thoughts on improving education —so we end our children can have better lives.
The Ecological Approach Should Reject Bad Epistemology
Dr. Rob Gray does good work in the Ecological Approach to perception and training, and I’d like to see him dig deeper into it and …
Physics Needs To Return To the Philosophical Principles of Newton and Galileo
Agreed. Galileo explicitly rejected Platonism in favor of Aristotelianism:“Galileo’s radical renewal sprang, nevertheless, from the Aristotelian mind set, as it was taught at the Jesuits’ …
Think For Yourself
Amen. Rational, logical thought is a sacred “obligation” and practice. We should each practice it. We should help each other with it. It should be …
What is Real?
My current listen on Audible: What is Real? by Adam Becker. Description: “Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity’s finest scientific achievements. But ask …
How To Explain
We go to a training session or meet with a boss, but no one comes out understanding what they were attempting to explain. Why is …
A Critical Thinking Skill: Thinking in Principles
To think better, in life and at work, we should practice identifying basic ideas in things we read or hear. We often read something, but …
A Tool To Control Bad Management and Encourage Good
We’ve all had a bad manager(s), or know someone who has. It’s an unfortunate ancient human tradition, one most of us wish was gone or …