Tag: Knowledge
Teens don’t know everything − and those who acknowledge that fact...
Tenelle Porter, Rowan University
If you, like me, grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, you may have come...
What Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized America
J. W. Traphagan, The University of Texas at Austin and John J. Kaag, UMass Lowell
A common complaint in...
Why can’t Americans agree on, well, nearly anything? Philosophy has some answers
James Steiner-Dillon, University of Dayton
Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily...
8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected...
Manfred Laubichler, Arizona State University
At first glance, the connections between the world’s growing population and climate change seem...
Trust comes when you admit what you don’t know – lessons...
Tamar Kushnir, Duke University; David Sobel, Brown University, and Mark Sabbagh, Queen's University, Ontario
Consider the following situation: Two...
How do archaeologists know where to dig?
Gabriel D. Wrobel, Michigan State University and Stacey Camp, Michigan State University
National Geographic magazines and Indiana Jones movies might have you picturing archaeologists excavating...
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University
In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
