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Oxford’s Free Course Critical Reasoning For Beginners Teaches You to Think Like a Philosopher
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 964" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/oxfords-free-course-critical-reasoning-for-beginners-teaches-you-to-think-like-a-philosopher.html" target="_blank"><strong>Oxford’s Free Course Critical Reasoning For Beginners Teaches You to Think Like a Philosopher - Open Culture</strong></a></p><p></p><p>When I was younger, I often found myself disagreeing with something I’d read or heard, but couldn't explain exactly why. Despite being unable to pinpoint the precise reasons, I had a strong sense that the rules of logic were being violated. After I was exposed to critical thinking in high school and university, I learned to recognize problematic arguments, whether they be a <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html" target="_blank">straw man</a>, an <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-authority.html" target="_blank">appeal to authority</a>, or an <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html" target="_blank">ad hominem attack</a>. Faulty arguments are all-pervasive, and the mental biases that underlie them pop up in media coverage, college classes, and armchair theorizing. Want to learn how to avoid them? Look no further than <em><a href="http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/critical-reasoning-beginners" target="_blank">Critical Reasoning For Beginners</a></em>, a top rated collection of lectures led by Oxford University’s <a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/marianne-talbot" target="_blank">Marianne Talbot</a>.</p><p></p><p>Talbot builds the course from the ground up, and begins by explaining that arguments consist of a set of premises that, logically linked together, lead to a conclusion. She proceeds to outline the way to lay out an argument logically and clearly, and eventually, the basic steps involved in assessing its strengths and weaknesses.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]kBlQj5uiOXc[/MEDIA]</p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="https://youtu.be/kBlQj5uiOXc" target="_blank">View: https://youtu.be/kBlQj5uiOXc</a></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 964, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/oxfords-free-course-critical-reasoning-for-beginners-teaches-you-to-think-like-a-philosopher.html'][B]Oxford’s Free Course Critical Reasoning For Beginners Teaches You to Think Like a Philosopher - Open Culture[/B][/URL] When I was younger, I often found myself disagreeing with something I’d read or heard, but couldn't explain exactly why. Despite being unable to pinpoint the precise reasons, I had a strong sense that the rules of logic were being violated. After I was exposed to critical thinking in high school and university, I learned to recognize problematic arguments, whether they be a [URL='http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html']straw man[/URL], an [URL='http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-authority.html']appeal to authority[/URL], or an [URL='http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html']ad hominem attack[/URL]. Faulty arguments are all-pervasive, and the mental biases that underlie them pop up in media coverage, college classes, and armchair theorizing. Want to learn how to avoid them? Look no further than [I][URL='http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/critical-reasoning-beginners']Critical Reasoning For Beginners[/URL][/I], a top rated collection of lectures led by Oxford University’s [URL='http://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/marianne-talbot']Marianne Talbot[/URL]. Talbot builds the course from the ground up, and begins by explaining that arguments consist of a set of premises that, logically linked together, lead to a conclusion. She proceeds to outline the way to lay out an argument logically and clearly, and eventually, the basic steps involved in assessing its strengths and weaknesses. [MEDIA=youtube]kBlQj5uiOXc[/MEDIA] [I][SIZE=2][URL='https://youtu.be/kBlQj5uiOXc']View: https://youtu.be/kBlQj5uiOXc[/URL][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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