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Critical Thinking
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The Idea of Ideas
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Idea of Ideas
After you categorize an idea as empirically true, rationally true, or currently false, you can then start to calibrate your belief in it. Even ideas in the irrational category may deserve some degree of belief, depending on the evidence, context, and the limits of what is currently known.
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“The historian without his facts is rootless…the facts without their historian are…meaningless.”
- E. H. Carr
- 1961
Philosophy of History
Carr supports the heart of empirical narrative realism: evidence anchors history, but reason shapes the retelling. The facts keep the historian grounded in reality; the historian gives those facts sequence, context, and meaning. Always ask how much confidence each reconstruction deserves.
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Is fiction part of journalism?
Philosophy of Fiction
Journalism is about public truth. Fiction is invented. But Philosophy of Fiction helps clarify the boundary between fact, imagination, myth, satire, propaganda, mistake, and lie. To understand truth, we must also understand non-truth. That makes Philosophy of Fiction a useful neighbor under Philosophy of Journalism.
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05 May 2026
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Philosophy of Journalism
Test public events!
Journalism tests public events.
Journalism is the hammer for current affairs and public accountability. It asks: What is happening, who says so, and how do we know? Reporting, sourcing, verification, context, and correction help society track reality in real time.
Deep-Dive Articles
Irrational Ideas: The Subtypes
When you encounter an irrational idea, first ask whether it is speculative or disproven.
Speculative Ideas in Science: Rip-Bang, Bigfoot, and Beyond
Speculation has a real place in science and in your worldview, but speculative ideas are not established truths. They are starting points, possibilities, or failed guesses that must eventually be supported, revised, or discarded.
Speculative Ideas in Science: Rip-Bang, Bigfoot, and Beyond
Speculation has a real place in science and in your worldview, but speculative ideas are not established truths. They are starting points, possibilities, or failed ...
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Speculative Ideas in Science: Rip-Bang, Bigfoot, and Beyond
Idea Theory Framework
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Irrational Ideas: The Subtypes
Idea of Ideas
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