Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

What Have You Changed Your Mind About?

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

The Edge Annual Question - 2008

When thinking changes your mind, that’s philosophy.
When God changes your mind, that’s faith.
When facts change your mind, that’s science.

WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?”

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Like a Computer

radar: What Have You Changed Your Mind About?

TED | TEDBlog: Why we should teach philosophy to kids

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

TED | TEDBlog: Why we should teach philosophy to kids

Compared with 72 control children, the philosophy children showed significant improvements on tests of their verbal, numerical and spatial abilities