psychology – Investigating Knowledge

Embracing the Unknown

Northeastern University psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett on how harnessing theory of knowledge can deepen one’s understanding of emotions.

Developing Understanding relates a series of expert insights on the nature of knowledge and techniques for attaining it.

Extending Experience emphasizes the vital role our past experiences play in shaping our current understanding.

Testing Theories investigates ten different perspectives associated with the process of gaining knowledge by testing our theories.

Encountering Assumptions highlights the numerous biases and assumptions that are regularly encountered during the search for knowledge.

Making Models examines various aspects of how models are constructed and applied across different disciplines in the arts and sciences.

Imagine that one day next week, you suddenly find yourself charged with a terrible crime from your distant past that

To most scientists, human emotion is something to be minimized at all costs in their pursuit of rigorously objective understanding

If a tree falls in a forest with nobody to hear it, does it still make a sound? For many, this