Fernando Lasman Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Hey I started a topic asking about whether Stefan had done any work on reasoning itself, argumentation etc. And since I've come across this related material I thought it would be nice to share it with the community. I've found it to be very, very helpful and I think we should give much more importance to how we reason, if we want to be good social critics/organizers.. If we want to educate and mobilize others, first we must do it to ourselves (the best we can) .. So if you have any related material or suggestion on thinking "improvement" please share it with us! And, of course, share these links too because we need to help EVERYBODY to be a better thinker! -foundation for critical thinking website - http://www.criticalthinking.org/ youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyvWfo9diMIMi_wX5LUbSQ -website that "teaches" critical thinking http://www.criticalthinkeracademy.com/ -Very instructive channel https://www.youtube.com/user/PhilosophyFreak -very broad and detailled series of classes on critical thinking, taught at the Fayetteville State University I hope you enjoy and that we start a trend on this educational subject!
Dylan Lawrence Moore Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Gnostic Media Podcast #49 and #50 The Trivium, by Sister Miriam Joseph Simply listening to Stef. And I won't say the entirety of Peace Revolution Podcast, but a whooooole damn lot of it. And, loosely related, the Ultimate History Lesson (free on youtube and the piratebay).
dazed and confused Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 most sources on critical thinking cover how NOT to think, giving you a list of logical fallacies etc. if you want to learn HOW to think i would suggest "Thinking as a Science" by Henry Hazlitt
dsayers Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I found Stef's An Introduction to Philosophy to be immensely helpful in ushering me into my own personal era of critical thinking. However, I am not too familiar with other works in this area. So I cannot say for sure if my recommendation is based on what it did for me or because it's actually that good. Though either way, I think it needs a redux with some of the excess trimmed out and re-recorded with the awesome equipment he now has access to.
Jot Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 I found Stef's An Introduction to Philosophy to be immensely helpful in ushering me into my own personal era of critical thinking. However, I am not too familiar with other works in this area. So I cannot say for sure if my recommendation is based on what it did for me or because it's actually that good. Though either way, I think it needs a redux with some of the excess trimmed out and re-recorded with the awesome equipment he now has access to. http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/critical_reasoning_for_beginners
Fernando Lasman Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 I found Stef's An Introduction to Philosophy to be immensely helpful in ushering me into my own personal era of critical thinking. yes, but the thing is it's objective is not an explanation of reasoning itself, it just gives it an overview.. I wanted to say that educate and train people to be "high level" critics/thinkers is as essential to social change as propagating philosophy or discussing it. it seems to me that this fact is not very much addressed, even though it's so simple and so important. so i thought it was necessary to start a topic specifically addressing this matter most sources on critical thinking cover how NOT to think, giving you a list of logical fallacies etc. isn't it helpful knowing this things? don't these sources give some insight on how to think using these "formal" content? i personaly find it helpful to study these things because you kinda know what to look out for... anyways, your statement seems weird to me because it sounds like "most sources don't teach you math, they teach you numbers" and we all know that learning math implies learning numbers
miked Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Leonard Peikoff's Lecture series on Logic is quite enlightening. $9.90 at the Ayn Rand Institute website I think. A study guide for a novice I have found useful: https://www.tragedyandhope.com/trivium/trivium-study-guide/
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