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

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

Thinking is at the Our everyday lives are centered on our core, but our thinking can be flawed. in You can use them in many different ways. Bad arguments, fallacious reasoning and misleading language are all possible.in cognitive biases are all traps that keep us from rational decision making—to Advertisers and politicians who wish to be heard are not to be taken seriously to We will not believe half-truths or empty rhetoric.
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What can we do? to Avoid these traps and think more clearly. It’s possible to Think faster, more efficiently, and more systematic?

The Philosopher’s Toolkit: How to Be the Most Rational Person in Any Room Offers the skills to You can do exactly that. Award-winning Professor Patrick Grim of the This applied philosophy course at State University of New York, Stony Brook is designed to help you fight against the An arsenal of strategies to combat the perils of bad thought to It will help you to be more creative and rational. in Every aspect of your everyday life, from the office to the voting booth.

Different courses in Other disciplines are also available, but this course is not mandatory.
This means that instead of simply describing how we think, it is possible to actually describe what we think. the This course focuses on how we think. Continue reading the way, you’ll meet some of history’s greatest thinkers, from Plato and Aristotle to Einstein and John von Neumann. Additional information to looking at what they thought, you’ll study how they thought—what strategies did they employ to a great idea? What tools should we use? to We can be better thinkers

These 24 lectures are a mix of theory and hands-on learning. They will help sharpen your critical skills and get you started in life. the You can get your creative juices pumping with these topics

the Symbiotic role of emotion and reason
Thinking with models and conceptual visualization
Aristotle’s logic and the flow of arguments
Psychological biases and heuristics
Negotiation strategies and polarization
Statistics and advertising
Decision theory and game theory.

Study What You Didn’t Learn in School

Philosophy offers the possibility of a better world. the Foundations for a variety of intellectual fields. As Professor Grim explains, philosophy—“the love of wisdom”—is historically the They all share a common core discipline. Many other fields have emerged from it. the centuries. While we learn, in school about these other disciplines—including mathematics, physics, economics, psychology, and sociology—the Material in The Philosopher’s Toolkit is seldom taught, and has never been taught in It’s quite simple.

But the Material should be taught as it has a tremendous practical value. Whether you’re trying to Choose the right wine to Bring to A dinner party or weighing the These lectures will show you how to see both sides of a political argument. the It is the best option. In this course, you’ll

To improve efficiency at work, develop problem-solving abilities
Be a smarter consumer by being alert to Common advertising techniques
learn heuristics to make better decisions in A pinch
Develop self-knowledge by becoming aware of built-in phenomenain cognitive biases.

Additionally to This course provides new insight into rational thinking. the The fields that you have studied in school. Professor Grim believes that the best way to practice philosophy is through an eye. to He calls it other disciplines. the Children and grandchildren of philosophers. For example, when Pythagoras came up with his famous theorem about right triangles, he didn’t have a geometry textbook full of equations. Instead, he used visualization to look at literal squares. to Calculate the area.

Let’s take one more example: the The most important ideas in the history of physics—special relativity—is a remarkably simple concept to Visualize, but Einstein was a visual thinker. to Find it. It doesn’t matter what the field, The Philosopher’s Toolkit provides the For success, clarity and insight are essential.

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Systematic and Practical Lectures

As you’d expect from a course on rationality the Material is presented in a systematic manner, starting with the basics and moving on to more advanced applications. Many of the following are included in this book. the concepts, such as Aristotle’s square of oppositions or the rigors of scientific experimentation, are intellectually challenging, but Professor Grim’s careful, clear presentation makes the Material easy to understand. It’s all over. the course of these lectures, you’ll

See how words are used to Arguments are formed from concepts that construct propositions.
Move beyond visualization to Think about it! to Models as models
analyze Aristotle’s airtight logic, then study the flow of Syllogisms the There are many logical fallacies.
Explore the Quelle de la polarization et comment to You can negotiate between extreme positions.
Study the How to tell the difference between science and pseudoscience. to Your ideas are welcome to the You can test it by doing a factual experiment.

While the This course places emphasis on to One of the best ways to think rationally is to the The most fascinating topics are the relationship between reason And emotion—“cool rationality” and “hot thought.” Emotion is as important as rationality in order to make good decisions.

Emotions, gut reactions and rules of thumb are important, especially when time is short. the Way to go—just ask any firefighter, or a pilot who has been forced to You can land a plane in It is an emergency. However, it doesn’t matter if you need an heuristic for quick action or clear vision for careful rumination. The Philosopher’s Toolkit gives you the Strategies that are applicable to both events

A New Perspective on Thinking

It is not like other courses on logic or rationality. the This course is interactive and encourages critical thinking through a series mental calisthenics. This is not a passive course, and you’ll love the Many hands-on examples are provided by Professor Grim throughout. One lecture is even a lecture. “workshop” in Creative thinking can be sideways. In his words, creative thinking can’t be taught, but it can be cultivated through practice.

He encourages you in almost every lecture. to Hit “pause” to Think about problems like

the Tower of Hanoi video
the Prisoner’s Dilemma in Game theory
the ultimatum game in Behavior economics
the The bicycle problem even caused John von Neumann to lose his mathematician skills;
the Model with three stages the Hobbesian state.

Professor Grim has a wicked wit and healthy distrust of authority. the Ideal guide for a course in rational thinking. He will take you on a tour through the great minds. the Ages: Bringing them down from their high vantage points, and showing you how to use them the Strategie The Philosopher’s Toolkit to These are their brilliant ideas. This course will prepare you to be able to communicate your ideas. to These strategies should be used to nearly every aspect of your daily life—helping you simplify problems, think more creatively, and make better decisions.