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

Title
  1. The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room / Patrick Grim.
Published by
  1. Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, [2013]
  2. ©2013

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Additional authors
  1. Grim, Patrick
  2. Teaching Company, production company, publisher.
Description
  1. 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  1. "Professor Grim's work spans ethics, logic, game theory, philosophy of science, and contemporary metaphysics."
Series statement
  1. The great courses, Philosophy & intellectual history, Modern Philosophy
Uniform title
  1. Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
Alternative title
  1. How to be the most rational person in any room
Subject
  1. Philosophy > Science
  2. Thought and thinking
  3. Ethics
  4. Game theory
  5. Practical reason
  6. Metaphysics
  7. Thinking
  8. Ethics
  9. Game Theory
  10. Metaphysics
  11. thinking
  12. ethics (philosophy)
  13. metaphysics
Genre/Form
  1. Lecture
  2. lectures.
  3. Educational films.
  4. Lectures.
  5. Nonfiction films.
  6. Conférences.
  7. Films éducatifs.
  8. Films autres que de fiction.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. 24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.
System details (note)
  1. DVD, NTSC.