Knowledge, Belief, and Climate Change

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Read the NPR article "Belief in Climate Change Hinges on Worldview" (click on the title). Reflect and comment on the connections you see between the article and our readings and discussions about the role belief plays in knowledge. (The focus of your comments should be on knowledge, belief, justification, and truth, NOT global warming.)

Do You Know? Do You Believe? How Gullible are You?

Click on your choice of the links below to take one of the Museum of Hoaxes' gullibility tests: Science & nature test History & culture test Once you've taken one of the tests, create a post to report your score and reflect on what the test and your performance have to say about the nature of knowledge, truth, belief, and/or justification (i.e. "good reasons," to use Abel's term).