Dr. Jamie Watson is a writer, philosopher, and teacher who studies the nature and application of rational belief. His most recent work involves applying the insights of philosophers, psychologists, and economists to beliefs about values, particularly those values that affect the lives of others. He has contributed to a number of pop culture and philosophy anthologies, including Johnny Cash and Philosophy, The Catcher in The Rye and Philosophy, and The Hobbit and Philosophy. He has articles in 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think, Contemporary Debates in Bioethics, and peer reviewed journals, such as Episteme. He is co-author of four books: Philosophy Demystified, Critical Thinking, and What's Good on TV? Understanding Ethics Through Television (all with Robert Arp), and The Critical Thinking Toolkit (with Peter Fosl and Galen Foresman, forthcoming 2015).