"On what’s wrong with the way we teach." Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.

"We have become information narcissists..." from NYT.

"...the level of pay inequality was at a cooler 38, rather than where it is today, a hotter 46."

"That voice in your head...only cares about finding reasons that sound good, even if the reasons are actually irrelevant or false." from Wired.

"Let's get one thing straight: Agnosticism is not some kind of weak-tea atheism. Agnosticism is not atheism or theism. It is radical skepticism, doubt in the possibility of certainty, opposition to the unwarranted certainties that atheism and theism offer." from Slate Magazine.

"Chemero’s experiment, published March 9 in Public Library of Science, was designed to test one of Heidegger’s fundamental concepts: that people don’t notice familiar, functional tools, but instead 'see through' them to a task at hand, for precisely the same reasons that one doesn’t think of one’s fingers while tying shoelaces. The tools are us." from Wired.

Waldorf education is a pedagogy based upon the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Learning is interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of the imagination, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component. from wikipedia.

An educational philosophy focused on preschool and primary education based on the principles of respect, responsibility, and community through exploration and discovery in a supportive and enriching environment based on the interests of the children through a self-guided curriculum. from wikipedia.

The Mind and Life Institute is dedicated to fostering dialogue and research at the highest possible level between modern science and the great living contemplative traditions, especially Buddhism. It builds on a deep commitment to the power and value of both of these ways of advancing knowledge and their potential to alleviate suffering.

philosophy is in the streets.

new experiments in developmental psychology. from seed.

epistemologies, concepts, and leading metaphors of the semantic web. from readwriteweb.

directed by philippe molins. from ubuweb.

is web 2.0 a threat to our culture? uc berkeley podcast.

thinking critically about a design is as important as the tools and skills needed to produce it.

experiments can illuminate philosophical arguments.

nature's grand experiment with moral animals.

panpsychism and consciousness.