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• The Second Amendment and Self-Defense

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.   The Second Amendment is a controversial issue in America today. Incidents of gun violence are common in cities across the... Read more

  The 27 June 2012 by   Realizingresonance
  History,  Society

• The Conundrum of the Ninth Amendment

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. The convention to craft the American Constitution ended without the inclusion of a declaration of rights. Charles Pinckney o... Read more

  The 11 June 2012 by   Realizingresonance
  Culture,  History,  Politics,  Spirituality

• The Antidote and How a Book on Negative Thinking Got Positive Reviews

  

  Is the glass half full or half empty? Why it’s better to say empty. The background “Think positive”, that old chestnut, has been the basis for self-help books... Read more

  The 27 June 2012 by   Periscope
  Books,  Culture, 

• 4 PhD Studentships in Psychology

  We are advertising four, fully-funded studentships in Psychology over here at Leeds Metropolitan University. I've got two projects listed on embodied... Read more

  The 14 June 2012 by   Andrew D Wilson
  Languages,  Psychology,  Science

• Individual Variation in the Use of Perceptual Information (Specification IV)

  If it is the case that perception requires the use of specifying variables, then there should be no individual variation in what information variables people... Read more

  The 23 June 2012 by   Andrew D Wilson
  Languages,  Psychology,  Science

• Non-Specifying Variables in the Perception of Collisions (Specification III)

  

  Part of Withagen's critique of specification and whether it's necessary to underpin direct perception is a brief review of some empirical literature that shows... Read more

  The 15 June 2012 by   Andrew D Wilson
  Psychology,  Science

• How Information Gets Its Meaning (Specification II)

  

  Gibson proposed that specification was required in order for perceptual information to have meaning that was tied to the world in a manner an organism could use. Read more

  The 10 June 2012 by   Andrew D Wilson
  Languages,  Psychology,  Science

• Environmentalists Are Not Really Radical

  Because environmentalists often face off against socially conservative political opponents on issues from air and water pollution to habitat destruction to... Read more

  The 06 June 2012 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Environment,  Society

• Why We Live a Second Best Life

  Philosophers and religious sages through the ages have put a lot of effort into telling us how great the good life is, and how to live it. And yet, even though... Read more

  The 20 June 2012 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate, 

• The Dangerous Ignorance of Experts

  An expert is someone with deep knowledge and understanding of a difficult to master subject, say Kantian ethics or public finance. Read more

  The 04 June 2012 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Society