Skepticism

An overview of skepticism:
What is skepticism? What are the benefits of skepticism? Skeptic or Sceptic? Skeptics are disbelievers. True, false, or a misconception?

Related issues:
Beliefs Are all beliefs equally valid? What's the harm? A look at why "comforting" beliefs may not be as harmless as they appear. Is science another religion? Relativism: a comparison of science to faith and religion.

Fallacies and errors of reasoning:
Confirmation Bias Seeing what we want to see. Critical Thinking. (PDF version ) For undergraduates and those in higher education. I'm entitled to an opinion Science has been wrong before A fallacious appeal to justify why a wrong belief might be right in the end. Seven Fallacies of thought and reason. The Argument to Ignorance. The open mind A critical look at appeals to be "open-minded".

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