The Philosopher's Toolkit: How to Be the Most Rational Person in Any Room
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to sharpen your problem-solving skills and make better decisions and arguments in this dynamic course that helps you put philosophy's most practical tools into action.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: How We Think and How to Think Better
- 02: Cool Rationality and Hot Thought
- 03: The Strategy of Visualization
- 04: Visualizing Concepts and Propositions
- 05: The Power of Thought Experiments
- 06: Thinking like Aristotle
- 07: Ironclad, Airtight Validity
- 08: Thinking outside the Box
- 09: The Flow of Argument
- 10: Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
- 11: Why We Make Misteaks
- 12: Rational Discussion in a Polarized Context
- 13: Rhetoric versus Rationality
- 14: Bogus Arguments and How to Defuse Them
- 15: The Great Debate
- 16: Outwitting the Advertiser
- 17: Putting a Spin on Statistics
- 18: Poker, Probability, and Everyday Life
- 19: Decisions, Decisions
- 20: Thinking Scientifically
- 21: Put It to the Test—Beautiful Experiments
- 22: Game Theory and Beyond
- 23: Thinking with Models
- 24: Lessons from the Great Thinkers
Taught by
Patrick Grim
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