• Philosophy is intimidating. Where does one start? With books? With lectures? With selling worldly possessions?
• Epictetus is saying that one becomes a philosopher when they begin to exercise their guiding reason and start to question the emotions and beliefs that others take for grant...

Science is not about prediction. But explanations. Predictions are used to validate new explanations.

• Knowledge that is both familiar and uncontroversial is background knowledge. 
• A predictive theory whose explanatory content consists only of b...

Don’t create unnecessary conflict with your co-workers, but don’t run from it, either. See it as an opportunity to better understand someone you’ll be spending 40 hours a week around. 

Chances are, the other person will respond the same way. Goodwill is taken for granted less often t...