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• Skinner Should Have Meditated

  Behaviourism’s big problem is that it refers to the skin as the border of the person. This makes all the “internals” eerie thingies, subject to mentalist blabla that, from that external perspective, can never be understood. Therefore, Skinner always argued that the enactor is the “speaker”, thoughts being mere stimuli and unrelated to will.

  Posted Jul 1, 12:10 am, Author Dana Stoll

• On: Social Status of Listener Alters Our Voice

  I cannot count the number of things that are wrong in this research article

  You recruit N=24 students. To apply for fictious low-profille secretary jobs. Over the Phone. With artificial, dominance-rated pictures. To measure whether their pitch varies.

  Posted Jun 30, 10:17 pm, Author Dana Stoll

• Lawrence Krauss vs. a Board of Philosophers

  In one point, Krauss is right: Philosophy is just not philosophy anymore. Philo-sophia is love for knowledge. It has become a speculation of beliefs.

  If you want to use up your popcorn reserves for a year, this clip may be a good opportunity :-)
  

  
  

  Posted Jun 1, 12:14 am, Author Dana Stoll

• Knowledge and Information in Business

  In business settings, I often hear complaints that people did not learn anything from past experience, although that error has already been made and the information was there.

  Thus, I postulate:

  Posted May 27, 12:32 am, Author Dana Stoll

• Utilitarian and Deontological Ethics

  When talking about ethics, it helps distinguishing between utilitarian ethics that are directed towards the group or whole, and deontological ethics that emphasize the individual.

  It appears, that the current political landscape is divided at exactly this border, and democratic constitutional attempts no longer maintain their balance. Notably, capitalism turned loose appears to over-emphasize deontological ethics.

  Is this really the only direction things can develop?

  Posted May 26, 12:34 am, Author Dana Stoll

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