What would it have looked like if it had looked as if the earth turned on its axis?

Elizabeth Anscombe, a friend and pupil of Wittgenstein:

“Why do people say that it was natural to think that the
sun went round the earth rather than that the earth turned on its
axis?” I replied: “I suppose, because it looked as if the sun went round the
earth.” “Well, he asked, what would it have looked like if it had
looked as if the earth turned on its axis?” 

Free “Free the Facts!” – Dave Gray on the need for open access to scientific journals

Free the Facts!

Gist: critical thinking needs access to good factual information, information that has itself been derived through a process of (relatively, at least) good CT.  We have been accumulating a very large amount of such factual information (i.e., scientific knowledge).  This is mostly publicly-funded.  People should have access to that information, but it is hidden behind “toll booths” of journal fees. 

Interesting use of handwriting and drawing in a PowerPoint-type format. 

Moore, Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis

Free textbook

Chomsky on seeking truth

The search for truth
is a cooperative, unending endeavour. We can, and should, engage
in it to the extent we can and encourage others to do so as
well, seeking to free ourselves from constraints imposed by
coercive institutions, dogma, irrationality, excessive conformity
and lack of initiative and imagination, and numerous other obstacles.

http://www.artsandopinion.com/2007_v6_n6/chomsky-4.htm

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Critical Thinking For The Military Professional

Critical Thinking For The Military Professional

Col W. Michael Guillot

http://tinyurl.com/mqfme

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Idea Emporium

The Idea Emporium

Critical thinking blog/website.   Zany character makes it more immediately attractive than the typical CT website, which tends to be dull/serious. 

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