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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #09
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the ninth episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you…
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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #08
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the eighth episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you…
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Why I blog under a pseudonym
Having a blog isn’t a particularly novel hobby. Almost everyone seems to have one, especially on Twitter, but writing a blog under a pseudonym is relatively rare (at least in the circles I move in). There are the three neuroscience giants: Neurocritic[note]Though Neurocritic revealed her identity in a recent and moving blog post I’m still…
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Interruptions, gender, social media, and confirmation bias
Interruptions are common in most conversations, but is there are general trend among those talking as to who interrupts whom? Recently David Schmitt tweeted about a paper called “Influence of Communication Partner’s Gender on Language” (Hancock & Rubin, 2014). It gained some traction as it featured a graph purporting to show women interrupt other women more than men. It…
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Does grouping students by ability work?
Academic achievement in England is strongly impacted by class, with those of a higher socioeconomic status (S.E.S.) more likely to achieve than than those of a lower S.E.S. (Clifton & Cook, 2012). These gaps between students can be seen between students as early as three years old (Feinstein, 2003) and continue to widen as the…
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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #07
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the seventh episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you watch…
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Best reads of 2017
These are some of the best or most thought-provoking articles I’ve read this year. The categories and articles are organised alphabetically and I don’t necessarily agree with the ideas put forward. Economics Labour’s Higher Education proposals will cost £8bn per year, although increase the deficit by more. Graduates who earn most in future would benefit…
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