Ray Scott Percival

Ray Scott Percival, PhD, is a philosopher and the author of The Myth of the Closed Mind: Understanding Why and How People are Rational (2012) He obtained his first degree in Psychology from The University of Bolton, England. He then took a Masters in Philosophy at The University of Warwick, followed by a PhD in Philosophy at The London School of Economics. Professor Barry McMullin of Dublin City University and Percival founded and edited The Karl Popper Web (1995) and he was the organiser of the Annual Conference on the Philosophy of Sir Karl Popper between 1988 to 1998, both sponsored by Dublin City University, The Open Society Institute and the London School of Economics. Not being an organisation but an individual, the seed funding grant was made to "a uniquely gifted individual." In 1995 Ray Scott Percival founded, as part of Karl Popper Forums, an online peer-reviewed journal Critical Rationalist and an email discussion forum Critical Cafe. In 2016 he became a moderator for the Facebook page Critical Rationalism. Ray Scott Percival has a keen interest in science and technology, and he has published many articles and reviews for Nature, The New Scientist, Science Spectrum and The Times Higher Educational Supplement. He is an Alumnus of The Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University. Ray Scott Percival taught Philosophy at the University of Lancaster, UK, and at the United Arab Emirates University. his specialisations are the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind. Some of Percival's Achievements ________________________________________ The Myth of the Closed Mind: Explaining Why and How People are Rational. (Open Court Publishers, Chicago) Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Karl Popper Forums. (est. 1995) Editorial Board of The Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems. (Along with Noam Chomsky, Paul Levinson, and Gordon Tullock.) Writer for Nature, The New Scientist, Science Spectrum and The Times Higher Educational Supplement.