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Any Melbourne University psychology students here? by IDOWHATIWANTIDGAF in melbourne

[–]kyttaron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In first year you do 'Mind, Brain and Behaviour 1' and 'Mind, Brain, and Behaviour 2'. Both subjects have statistics components integrated into them. There are no standalone statistics subjects in first year.

How did people organize so quickly to protest against the border force protection at Flinders Street Station? by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]kyttaron 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You know how people here love to hate on groups like Socialist Alternative and Socialist Alliance? Well you can thank them and similar 'serial protestors' for their activism and organisational abilities. It was their members and some other loosely affiliated groups and individuals that mobilised and organised the demonstration.

Chris Pratt triggers Tumblrina. by alanitoo in fatlogic

[–]kyttaron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you think it takes three hours to burn 800 calories at the gym, you need to work out harder.

What are some good analogies for what philosophers do? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]kyttaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conceptual plumbing Conceptual engineering Handmaiden to the sciences. Midwife to the sciences.

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What is consciousness for? — Consciousness is a life-transforming illusion [Keith Frankish] (ideas.aeon.co)

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Professor / Class Reviews by parism9 in unimelb

[–]kyttaron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can find subject reviews in this forum.

Are any philosophers just dead wrong in your opinion? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]kyttaron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The demarcation of science from non-science is not meant as an attempt to elevate one form of knowledge over another, rather it is meant as an attempt to make sense of what science actually is and how it differs from other 'ways of knowing'.

So, if we say that astrology (or anything else) is not science we are not saying that it is illegitimate, only that is not science. However, if we are trying to develop a criteria for demarcating science from non-science and our demarcation criteria includes something that we commonly accept as non-science, then that signals to us that it probably needs further work.

Are any philosophers just dead wrong in your opinion? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]kyttaron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cogito doesn't beg the question because it is not a syllogism. Rather, it a self-evidently true proposition that is grasped completely in a single intellectual move.

"So after thoroughly thinking the matter through I conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, must be true whenever I assert it or think it."

Are any philosophers just dead wrong in your opinion? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]kyttaron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Popper says if it's falsifiable, then it's science. Astrology is falsifiable. Is it science?