Pages Tagged with #epistemology

The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs, in the following sections:

• The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 1. Introduction
• The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 3. Subjectivism: We All See and Experience Things Differently
• The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 5.4. Out of Body Experiences, Soul Travel and Astral Projection
• The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind: How Other Peoples' Experience Contradict Our Own Beliefs: 5.1. Hallucinations, Sensory Deprivation and Fasting: The Physiological Causes of Religious and Mystical Experiences

Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths, in the following sections:

• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 6. The Prevention of Errors: Science and Skepticism
• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 2.1. Perception is Influenced By Expectation: You Can't Always Trust Your Senses
• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 4. The False and Conflicting Experiences of Mankind

Experiences of God are Illusions, Derived from Malfunctioning Psychological Processes, in the following sections:

• Experiences of God are Illusions, Derived from Malfunctioning Psychological Processes: 2. Hallucinations and Fasting
• Experiences of God are Illusions, Derived from Malfunctioning Psychological Processes: 1. People Have False Experiences
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What is Skepticism and Its Values?, in the following sections:

• What is Skepticism and Its Values?: 2.1. Think Slowly and Carefully
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Hallucinations, Sensory Deprivation and Fasting: The Physiological Causes of Religious and Mystical Experiences, in the following sections:

• Hallucinations, Sensory Deprivation and Fasting: The Physiological Causes of Religious and Mystical Experiences: 1. People Have False Experiences
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Mass Belief and the False Consensus Effect: Everyone Believes It So It Must Be True!, in the following sections:

• Mass Belief and the False Consensus Effect: Everyone Believes It So It Must Be True!: 4. What is Science and the Scientific Method?
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Perception is Influenced By Expectation: You Can't Always Trust Your Senses, in the following sections:

• Perception is Influenced By Expectation: You Can't Always Trust Your Senses: 4. Subjectivism and Phenomenology: Is Objective Truth Obtainable?
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What is Science and the Scientific Method?, in the following sections:

• What is Science and the Scientific Method?: 1.5. Occam's Razor: Simplicity & Fewer Assumptions are Better
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The Crabtree Scale of Sources: Who Can We Trust?, in the following sections:

• The Crabtree Scale of Sources: Who Can We Trust?: 0. (10/10) Omniscience
• The Crabtree Scale of Sources: Who Can We Trust?: 0. (8/10) Peer-Reviewed Publications

Fundamentalism and Literalism in World Religions, in the following sections:

• Fundamentalism and Literalism in World Religions: 2. Why Question Beliefs? The Descent Into Uncompromising Fundamentalism
• Fundamentalism and Literalism in World Religions: 4.2. Arguing Against Literalism: It Is Impossible to Read Text Objectively

Subjectivism and Phenomenology: Is Objective Truth Obtainable?, in the following sections:

• Subjectivism and Phenomenology: Is Objective Truth Obtainable?: 6. Solipsism: Extreme Philosophical Epistemology
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Bible-Based Absolute Morals are Impossible Because All Scripture is Interpreted Subjectively

Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought

Do We Need Religion to Have Good Morals?: 2.1. Subjectivism Prevents the Revealing of Absolute Morals

Metaphysical Solipsism is Not True

Christian Moral Theory and Morality in Action: Biblical Morals and Social Disaster: 1. The Bible Does Not Provide Us With Any Moral Absolutes

Souls do not Exist: Evidence from Science & Philosophy Against Mind-Body Dualism: 4.3. Out of Body Experiences (OBEs)

Religion and Intelligence: 4. The Benefits and Side-Effects of Questioning Beliefs

Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience and Health: 3.5. The Enthusiasm of Amateurs: Freethought Without Skeptical Thinking Leads to Deception

What Causes Religion and Superstitions?: 3.4. Hallucinations, Fasting and Sensory Deprivation

Eckankar: The Religion of the Light and Sound of God, The Ancient Science of Soul Travel: 6. Soul Travel (Astral Projection)

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Out of Body Experiences (OBEs): Astral Projection or Soul Travelling?

Why are Our Memories Unreliable?: 5. Subjectivism and Phenomenology: Is Objective Truth Obtainable?

Moral Relativism: Absolute Morality is Not Possible: 1. An Introduction to Subjectivism

Scientific Theories Must Make Way for New Evidence: 2. What is Science and the Scientific Method?

The Christian Dark Ages of Europe: 2.4. Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought

We Dislike Changing Our Minds: Status Quo Bias and Cognitive Dissonance: 4. Skepticism: Approach Truth Carefully and Change Your Mind as Evidence Requires

The Scientific Method: Randomized Double-Blinded Trials: 1. What is Science and the Scientific Method?

To Turn a Hypothesis Into a Theory, It Must Be Tested: 1. What is Science and the Scientific Method?

Denialism: 3. Denialism is not Skepticism

Religion, Conflict and War: 6. Why Question Beliefs? Dangers of Placing Ideas Beyond Doubt, and Advantages of Freethought

God's Methods of Communication: Universal Truth Versus Hebrew and Arabic: 4. What God Wants Us to Know