The Thinker

The appeal to nature and casual fallacies appear in conversations and in many forms of writing on a daily basis. Robert Todd Carroll has written two pieces, Becoming a Critical Thinker and Skeptics Dictionary, which explain what the two ideas are. In short, the appeal to nature is a claim that all things that are natural are good and all things unnatural are bad. A casual fallacy is a belief that because one thing happens something else occurs as a result. These two ideas are present in three…

take into consideration to meet the nature of Critical Thinking. Critical thinking, links to, how a person is analyzing information and measuring different topics. To think critically is different for many individuals, some are better critical thinkers than others.…

Great Greek Thinkers By: Kelli Floyd The ancient Greeks were remarkably advanced in science, astrology and medicine. They made lots of discoveries, some of which were forgotten about for many years and some discoveries that even the Greeks at the time didn’t believe to be true. Although some of their learning was pulled from the Egyptians, they quickly moved far ahead of them for many reasons. The Greeks were allowed more freedom in thought and experimentation. They also had many schools of…

Gods. Socrates says that Meletus (the prosecutor) thinks “he is corrupting the youth” and that he wants to get rid of the old people (Socrates, 2d). Keep in mind Socrates is age seventy at this time. Socrates is someone I consider to be a great thinker because he has a knack for bringing out the truth in people. Therefore, if you say you know something but you really do not or only…

Title of the Article “The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest” Original thinkers, when in predicament, are believed to have the tendency to take unethical measures throughout the process of creativity. In line with this is a study entitled “The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can be More Dishonest” authored by Francesca Gino of Harvard University and Dan Ariely of Duke University. This research paper was published on the Journal of Personality and Social…

Lyrical mind thinker Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Shakur was one of the most dynamic most influential and self-destructive rap stars in the 90’s. Shakur was the son of Black Panther Party members Afeni Shakur Tupac’s mother; she was in jail on charges while pregnant with Tupac. Tupac spent his earliest years in the Bronx and Harlem. At the age 13 he made his acting…

is with anything that is going to succeed, it may require sacrificing efforts, pain, drive, willingness to succeed and the commitment not to give up to achieve the desired change. 33. Don’t Be A Negative Thinker. Change any negative thinking mentality of a defeated unemployed person, to that of a successful achiever. - Do not say, I can never find my desired job - Do not say I can never start or be successful in my self -employment business -…

greatest Protestant thinker of the twentieth Century, visited the United States only once”. (Worthen, 15) (1) I found this an interesting opening sentence. Isn’t this based off author Worthen’s own bias? Granted, he was a huge influence on theology, but perhaps depending on the lens, might there not be others that were thought of as the “greatest”? Might not Albert Schweitzer for example, as a missionary and religious philosopher not be considered a great theological thinker as well? (He also…

In the article ‟ The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest” Francesca Gino tested whether creativity increased dishonesty. They hypothesis she tested was that a creative personality and mind encourage a person’s capability to explain their behavior, that leads to dishonourable behavior. Most people behave dishonestly due to their ability to cheat and also feel that they are behaving as honest individuals. The degree of originality allows people to easily behave…

humanity was subject to the unknowable will of God, and emboldened by recent scientific advances that made the mysteries of the natural world suddenly knowable, the Enlightenment Thinkers believed in the power of investing intellectual capital to improve the human condition. One of the most influential of the Enlightenment Thinkers, John Locke, was an English philosopher and physician. Locke studied government and theorized the value of society, politics, and government, as well as how they…