Critical Reasoning for Beginners
By Oxford University
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Description
Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, hear them on the television, or in the pub and wish you knew how to confidently evaluate them? In this six-part course, you will learn all about arguments, how to identify them, how to evaluate them, and how not to mistake bad arguments for good. Such skills are invaluable if you are concerned about the truth of your beliefs, and the cogency of your arguments.
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CleanFurther reading and more... (Slides) | So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here... | 4/16/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvaluating Arguments Part Two | Part six of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this final lecture we will look at fallacies. These are bad arguments that can easily be mistaken for good arguments. | 3/18/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvaluating Arguments Part Two (Slides) | Part six of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this final lecture we will look at fallacies. These are bad arguments that can easily be mistaken for good arguments. | 3/18/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvaluating Arguments Part One | Part five of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will continue with the evaluation of arguments - this time deductive arguments - focusing in particular on the notion of validity. | 3/15/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvaluating Arguments Part One (Slides) | Part five of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will continue with the evaluation of arguments - this time deductive arguments - focusing in particular on the notion of validity. | 3/15/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat is a Good Argument? Validity and Truth | Part four of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will learn how to evaluate arguments and how to tell whether an argument is good or bad, focusing specifically on inductive arguments. | 3/11/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat is a Good Argument? Validity and Truth (Slides) | Part four of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will learn how to evaluate arguments and how to tell whether an argument is good or bad, focusing specifically on inductive arguments. | 3/11/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSetting out Arguments Logic Book Style | Part three of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will focus on how to identify and analyse arguments, and how to set arguments out logic book-style to make them easier to evaluate. | 3/10/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSetting out Arguments Logic Book Style (Slides) | Part three of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will focus on how to identify and analyse arguments, and how to set arguments out logic book-style to make them easier to evaluate. | 3/10/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDifferent Types of Arguments | The second of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn about the different types of arguments, in particular deductive and inductive arguments. | 1/29/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDifferent Types of Arguments (Slides) | The second of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn about the different types of arguments, in particular deductive and inductive arguments. | 1/29/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Nature of Arguments | The first of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn how to recognise arguments and what the nature of an argument is. | 1/29/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Nature of Arguments (Slides) | The first of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn how to recognise arguments and what the nature of an argument is. | 1/29/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wonderful!
Absolutely brilliant set of lectures! An invaluable resource for anyone who has any interest in improving themselves intellectually.
Great class live, terrible podcast
The professor encourages the students to engage from an intuitive perspective, but since they have no training in formal logic, their comments are usually misguided and of no consequence for the listener. This is surely a fun course in person, but it does not work as a podcast.
The worst thing about the lectures is that
I CAN’T HEAR THE STUDENTS, SO THE PROFESSOR’S TALK BECOMES FRAGMENTED AND LOSES MEANING SINCE YOU ONLY HEAR HALF THE CONVERSATION. To make things worse, I can’t even hear the professor half the time since she keeps milling about the class to engage with the students and thus walking away from the microphone.
A discussion section does not work as a podcast. Since you can’t give all participants a professional microphone, only lectures make good podcasts.
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