The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room
- Title
- The Philosopher's Toolkit : how to be the most rational person in any room / Patrick Grim.
- Published by
- Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, [2013]
- ©2013
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- "Professor Grim's work spans ethics, logic, game theory, philosophy of science, and contemporary metaphysics."
- Series statement
- The great courses, Philosophy & intellectual history, Modern Philosophy
- Uniform title
- Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
- Alternative title
- How to be the most rational person in any room
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Lecture
- lectures.
- Educational films.
- Lectures.
- Nonfiction films.
- Conférences.
- Films éducatifs.
- Films autres que de fiction.
- Contents
- 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
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- 24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.
- System details (note)
- DVD, NTSC.