Critical Thinking and Scepticism In this stream, we discuss what makes one a good sceptic as well as discuss pseudo-scepticism, denialism, and cynicism. Are you a good sceptic or are you actually a denialist? Please note, this is not a tutorial in regards to either critical thinking or scepticism, it is a brief overview and a discussion of its application by online sceptics. If you would like to do some reading on things that may come up in the stream…
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Scepticism and Self Reflection Tonight we discuss scepticism and how Cartesian scepticism can be applied introspectively. We speak about meme culture and commonly held opinions that might not stand up to scrutiny, but are often ingrained in to various communities. Further Reading Descartes, Scepticism, and You Denialism and Pseudoscepticism Fresh AiR – S01:E04 – Scepticism Is it rational to form beliefs based on testimony? Pitfalls of ‘New Atheism’ SEP: Skepticism SEP: Ancient Skepticism Patreon and Youtube Don’t forget to check…
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Introduction The sun will rise tomorrow. This seems to be an uncontroversial statement. The sun came up today, and the sun came up yesterday, and the day before that. Just as it has for millions of days before that. Gravity held today, just as it has held since the formation of the universe. This is, again, another uncontroversial statement. We often predict future events based on generalisations of past experiences. It is how science works, and it is how science…
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Introduction There will, of course, be many contemporary sceptics and atheist who read the title and simply groan. Dismissing the article before reading it because of some misinformed idea about Cartesian scepticism, or some excuse that they do not need to read up on scepticism because they are ‘freethinking truth-seeking sceptics’ already. To some extent, the former cannot be blamed, for Cartesian scepticism has been the go-to of most presuppositionalists for a long time. If that is the contemporary sceptics…
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Among the sceptic community, we frequently see folks flexing what is known as denialist behaviour. Denialists are technically a subset of Pseudosceptics, but what do both those terms mean? Contents Denialism Pseudo-scepticism Key Behaviours of a Sceptic Key Behaviours of a Pseudosceptic Example of a Pseudosceptic Behaviour in a Debate The Rejection of Philosophy in the Atheist Community The Resistance to Change Pseudointellectuals An Example of a Pseudointellectual The Great Debate Community – Steve vs Duke Summary of the Video…
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Tonight we introduce one of the founders of AiR, Kriss, as a regular Co-Host to Fresh AiR. We delve into scepticism, to find out what it really is. We look in to the key behaviors of a sceptic and when we have failed as sceptics ourselves. Contents of Scepticism A brief history of AiR. What is Scepticism? Types of Reasoning. Key behaviours of a sceptic. Specific forms of scepticism. Human Reason and Other Sources. Are most sceptics still sceptics? Useful…
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