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Improving Your Thinking

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Critical Thinking Courses Philosophy Courses Logical Fallacies Courses Epistemology Courses Argumentation Courses

Course Description

Overview

Get a philosophy instructor’s take on how to think critically, make more informed decisions, and communicate more effectively.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Why does thinking matter?
  • Thinking with others
1. The Attitude
  • Cultivating intellectual humility
  • Taking your time
2. Things to Do
  • Making distinctions
  • Making more distinctions
  • Only the best argument
  • Assessing your sources
  • Using generalizations carefully
  • Considering other worlds
3. Things to Avoid
  • Not defining your terms
  • Resisting the strawman
  • Infamous ad hominem
  • Question-begging
4. On Context
  • Two key questions
  • What's up with truth?
  • When thinking isn't the right tool
Conclusion
  • Where to go from here

Taught by

Alyssa Lowery and Madecraft

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