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SCEPTICISM

SCEPTICISM. What is it? What do sceptics do & why? How to put scepticism into practice. Why be a sceptic? Why you should care? How many times am I going to have to say variations of the word sceptic in this presentation?. SCEPTICISM. OLD VS. NEW. < Pro- philosophy < Pro- science

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SCEPTICISM

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  1. SCEPTICISM • What is it? • What do sceptics do & why? • How to put scepticism into practice. • Why be a sceptic? • Why you should care? • How many times am I going to have to say variations of the word sceptic in this presentation?

  2. SCEPTICISM OLD VS. NEW < Pro-philosophy < Pro-science < Anti-truth < Pro-truth < Anti-belief < Pro-belief ANTI-FAITH

  3. SCEPTICS De-Bunking! Consciousness Raising! Debating!

  4. CONSTRUCTING ALOGICAL ARGUMENT Ad Hominem Ad Ignorantium Personal Incredulity False Dichotomy Inconsistency Non-Sequitur Post-Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Tu Quoque

  5. HOW SCEPTICAL ARE YOU? STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE PUTTING SCEPTICISM INTO PRACTICE

  6. IMPORTANCE OF SCEPTICISM • SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS • CONSUMER PROTECTION • MORAL VALUES

  7. TRUTH By James McGuire

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