The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room

DVD

The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room / Patrick Grim.

Grim, Patrick, (teacher.). Teaching Company, (production company,, publisher.).

Summary:

"Professor Grim's work spans ethics, logic, game theory, philosophy of science, and contemporary metaphysics."

ISBN: 9781598039337
ISBN: 1598039334
ISBN: 9781629971759
ISBN: 1629971758
ISBN: 9781598039344
ISBN: 1598039342
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 249 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm).
Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

General Note:: "Course No. 4253"--Videodisc container.

24 Lectures / 30 minutes per lecture.
Formatted Contents Note:: Disc 1. Lecture 1. How we think and how to think better ; Lecture 2. Cool rationality and hot thought ; Lecture 3. The strategy of visualization ; Lecture 4. Visualizing concepts and propositions ; Lecture 5. The power of thought experiment ; Lecture 6. Thinking like Aristotle -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Ironclad, airtight validity ; Lecture 8. Thinking outside the box ; Lecture 10. The flow of arguments ; Lecture 11. Why we make mistakes ; Lecture 12. Rational discussion in a polarized context -- Disc. 3. Lecture 13. Rhetoric versus rationality ; Lecture 14. Bogus arguments and how to defuse them ; Lecture 15. The great debate ; Lecture 16. Outwitting the advertiser ; Lecture 17. Putting a spin on statistics ; Lecture 18. Poker, probability, and everyday life --Disc. 4. Lecture 19. Decisions, decisions ; Lecture 20. Thinking scientifically ; Lecture 21. Put it to the test ; beautiful experiments ; Lecture 22. Game theory and beyond ; Lecture 23. Thinking with models ; Lecture 24. Lessons from the great thinkers.
Participant or Performer Note:: Taught by : Professor Patrick Grim, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
System Details Note:: DVD, NTSC.