Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It’s Important

Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It’s Important

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What Will I Learn in This Course?

In this course you’ll learn:

why critical thinking skills are so valuable in personal life and in business, and yet are so rare.

about the various skills and aptitudes that distinguish good critical thinkers – what I call the Five Pillars of Critical Thinking

about cognitive biases, human (ir)rationality, and the psychology of belief and judgment, and why this is so important for critical thinking

a new perspective on the nature of science and scientific reasoning

a broader framework that will help you decide where to go with your critical thinking education and what to study next!

What Do I Get With This Course?

At the Critical Thinker Academy we believe in giving students a range of options for consuming content (audio, video and text).

When you enroll in this course you get

12 video lectures, totaling 2 hours and 41 minutes of viewing time

Full transcripts for each of the lectures, embedded below the videos

Discussion comments for each of the lectures, allowing you to ask and respond to questions and comments

3 pdf ebooks totaling 88 pages, suitable for printing or viewing online.

Thus, with this course a student has the option to

watch the video version of each lecture

listen to the audio from each lecture while reading the text transcript

download a pdf ebook and read the content on their iPad or tablet device

print out the pdf and create a hardcopy manual for personal use

Content

Why Critical Thinking is Important

 StartPDF Ebook – Why Critical Thinking is Important

 Preview1. Logical Self-Defense (7:08)

 Start2. Personal Empowerment (5:48)

 Start3. Liberal Democracy and Civic Duty (10:40)

 Start4. Philosophy and the Search for Wisdom (9:15)

The Aims and Goals of Critical Thinking

 StartAbout The Videos In This Section

 StartWhat Are The Aims of Critical Thinking? (4:39)

 PreviewImproving the Quality of Beliefs, Judgments and Decisions (6:38)

 PreviewThink Fast! Why Critical Thinkers Need to Pay Attention to Dual-Process Theories of Rationality (3:48)

 StartWhat is Critical Thinking For? How to Decide What Goes In Your Critical Thinking Toolbox (8:20)

The Five Pillars of Critical Thinking

 StartPDF Ebook – The Five Pillars of Critical Thinking

 Start1. The Five Pillars of Critical Thinking (10:10)

 Start2. Logic for Critical Thinkers (15:16)

 Start3. Argumentation versus Rhetoric (6:23)

 Preview4. Critical Thinking’s Dirty Secret: The Importance of Background Knowledge (6:10)

 Start5. What Critical Thinkers Can Learn From Good Actors (8:36)

Cognitive Biases and Their Importance for Critical Thinking

 StartPDF Ebook – Cognitive Biases and Their Importance for Critical Thinking

 Start1. Cognitive Biases: What They Are and Why They’re Important (11:33)

 Start2. Cognitive Biases and the Authority of Science (25:10)

 Start3. Confirmation Bias and the Evolution of Reason (23:41)