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Chris at Mixing Memory, a blog with very many interesting articles, has this post about a new study conducted by Piercarlo Valdesolo and David DeSterno which implies that moral judgements are influenced by emotions.
This should only be surprising when subscribing to traditional “western” faculty psychology - a soul being in charge of the body, which [...]

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Today I had a very interesting discussion with my brother concerning the nature of the number 0, which has been long interested both of us.
My brother is reading the book “From Zero to Infinity” from Constance Reid; she is of the opinion that 0 is a natural number, because it is a valid answer to [...]

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It is important what words we use. Different words mean different things (in the optimal case), but often also the same words mean different things to different people. So, in scientific contexts, it is of utmost importance to define the words which are used and which relate to the object of study.
In cognitive science, the [...]

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