Kenneth Boyd

Digital Media Literacy Project Manager, CIVIX

Ken Boyd holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto. His philosophical work concerns the ways that we can best make sure that we learn from one another, and what goes wrong when we don’t.

Written by Kenneth Boyd

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PAIN

Sometimes other people know your pain better than you

Why turning to others can give us the self-knowledge we need to understand and manage the experience of our own pain

by Kenneth Boyd

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KNOWLEDGE AND REASON

The antidote to fake news is to nourish our epistemic wellbeing

There’s more to wellbeing than physical and mental health: we also need epistemic wellbeing, or good access to knowledge

by Kenneth Boyd