Note: This is part 5 of a five part series on how we can discover truth. Here are the other parts: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4. The entire series makes up the third chapter of my book, The Triple Path, which can be downloaded for free here in PDF and eReader formats or purchased at all major book retailers (in print and eReader formats). Conclusion Recent history has led to radical changes in how we…
Note: This is part 4 of a five part series on how we can discover truth. Here are the other parts: part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 5. The entire series makes up the third chapter of my book, The Triple Path, which can be downloaded for free here in PDF and eReader formats or purchased at all major book retailers (in print and eReader formats). 6) Feelings Feelings are also important parts of knowing truth and in…
Note: This is part 3 of a five part series on how we can discover truth. Here are the other parts: part 1, part 2, part 4, and part 5. The entire series makes up the third chapter of my book, The Triple Path, which can be downloaded for free here in PDF and eReader formats or purchased at all major book retailers (in print and eReader formats). This is this post in this series on truth, we continue…
Note: This is part 2 of a five part series on how we can discover truth. Here are the other parts: part 1, part 3, part 4, and part 5. The entire series makes up the third chapter of my book, The Triple Path, which can be downloaded for free here in PDF and eReader formats or purchased at all major book retailers (in print and eReader formats). In this second part of the series on truth, we discuss…
Note: This is part 1 of a five part series on how we can discover truth. Here are the other parts: part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5. The entire series makes up the third chapter of my book, The Triple Path, which can be downloaded for free here in PDF and eReader formats or purchased at all major book retailers (in print and eReader formats). Our desire for truth is one of the most fundamental human…
Welcome to The Amateur Thinker. In this first post. I’d like to discuss the blog’s purpose by discussing an interesting talk recently given at the Edge Conference by psychology professor Jonathan Haidt. Professor Haidt titled his talk “The New Science of Morality.” In part of his talk, Professor Haidt discussed an article by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber called “Why Do Humans Reason? Arguments for an Argumentative Theory.” Mercier and Sperber’s article discusses the question of “why are humans so…