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Curiosity - What Is a Philosopher?
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The Statistical Crisis of Science: Where are the Philosophers? | Blog of the APA
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| | "[C]onfusion about the foundations of the subject is responsible, in my opinion, for much of the misuse of the statistics that one meets in fields of application such as medicine, psychology, sociology, economics, and so forth." (George Barnard 1985, p. 2) "Relevant clarifications of the nature and roles of statistical evidence in scientific research may
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Rationality, rationalism, and alternatives | Meta-rationality
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| | Defining the subject matter: rationality, rationalism, reasonableness, and meta-rationality.
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The death of philosophy? | The Logical Place
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| | by Joanne Benhamu (This essay was published as a Letter to the Editor of The Skepticmagazine,March 2019, Vol 39 No 1) The philosophy versus science debate has filled the pages of this magazine for some time now, with Gary Bakker1,2 and Ian Bryce3 heaping scorn and derision on the discipline of philosophy. Both claim that...
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Skeptic Papers 2016 (3)
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| [AI summary] The provided text discusses various aspects of climate change, including temperature trends, extreme weather events, and precipitation patterns. It highlights that while some regions have experienced drying trends and changes in precipitation, there is no clear evidence of global mean precipitation increase. The text also addresses the impact of global warming on cyclone activity, tornado occurrence, and hurricane intensity, suggesting that some trends may not be as alarming as previously thought. Additionally, it touches on the role of climate models in event attribution and the challenges of interpreting climate data accurately.