Dogmatism has usually been related to low levels of openness to experience, the latter being an indicator of one's interest in new and non-traditional ideas. Dogmatism has mostly been studied in ...

Ho Lok-sang says controversial law professor has narrow, dogmatic views, and is out of touch with positive developments on the mainland Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting says he does not promote Hong ...

Dogmatism is the opposite of skepticism. It is the proclivity to assert opinions as unequivocally true without taking into ...

As humans, we can’t help but occasionally believe in things that aren’t true. At times, doing so is relatively harmless: Believing in Santa Claus, for example, isn’t that damaging. But other times, ...

"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." ―Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin (1944-1947) New research into the "cognitive ...

Ours is the golden age of creative nonfiction—a genre that recounts personal stories, memories, experiences and observations using the literary techniques typically associated with fiction—voice, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Tyler Cowen, responding to a question about whether deeply religious people tend to ...

After Niamey last week, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is meeting tomorrow Tuesday in Accra, to further deliberate on the situation in Mali. Opposed to unconstitutional changes ...

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...