The Philosopher's Toolkit: How to Be the Most Rational Person in Any Room

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.

• 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