Student Short Guides to the Mind

A Free Series for High-School Students


Guide #1 – Education and the Unconscious

Available free on Apple,  Kindle,  Google,  & Nook.

You are born with powers of mind like reasoning and imagination. They come with the package.  But to use them well, you need a rich base of knowledge. This guide tells you why.

Our background knowledge is always working. We perceive, analyze, and create based on what we already know. We just don’t notice; it works below the surface of our awareness.

Education matters because it provides a broad base of knowledge that underlies our everyday life.


Guide #2TOK FOR ALL

Coming Fall 2023

Only a fraction of high school students can take the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) class. This free guide offers it to everyone.

Topics covered: The Structure of Knowledge,  Psychology of Knowledge Acquisition, Critical Thinking and Knowledge, Epistemic Cognition, and Epistemic Virtue.


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