DVD
The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room
Record details
- ISBN: 9781598039337
- ISBN: 1598039334
- ISBN: 9781629971759
- ISBN: 1629971758
- ISBN: 9781598039344
- ISBN: 1598039342
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Physical Description:
videodisc
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
Content descriptions
| 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. |
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| Genre: | Lecture lectures. Educational films. Lectures. Nonfiction films. Lectures. Educational films. Nonfiction films. Conférences. Films éducatifs. Films autres que de fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | B 851 .G75 2013 | 680112 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | DVD 234 B 851 .G75 2013 | 680113 | DVD | Available | - |