Cover image of Bo Bennett's new edition of Logically Fallacious.I’ll be teaching critical thinking skills online this November. With a new, easier, lower priced textbook: Logically Fallacious: The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies, the new Academic Edition, by Bo Bennett of The Humanist Hour. Get your copy now! And register today! Class starts November 1.

Learn the basics you need in logic, cognitive science, and reasoning about probability, to be a better, sharper thinker, about everything that matters in your life.

Or spread the word. Tell any of your friends or contacts who might be interested. Lots of people might want to hone their knowledge and skills in this domain. And this class is all about helping with that.

What will this course cover? Why take it? Here is the course description…

Richard Carrier (Ph.D., Columbia University) will provide instruction and advice on the new skills now needed to become a good critical thinker in the 21st century in his new course “Critical Thinking in the 21st Century: Essential Skills Everyone Should Master” during November 2015.

Based on Dr. Carrier’s acclaimed presentation for the Secular Student Alliance, this course will:

  • Teach students standard skills in traditional logic and fallacies.
  • Cover cognitive biases and how to detect and avoid them, including motivated reasoning and the problems associated with a political brain.
  • Bayes’ Theorem, and Bayesian problem solving, for the non-mathematician, and other skills in reasoning about probability.
  • Learning how to see things from someone else’s perspective.
  • Useful skills of self-examination, self-critique, and personal improvement in thinking & reasoning, for personal belief development and the acquisition of wisdom.

Each student will be left with a complete toolbox of ideas and information to work with, which will make them sharper thinkers in every domain.

You can register for the class here.

You can procure the required course text here (print or kindle).

All other materials will be provided.

Study and participate on your own time. And participate as much or as little as you want.

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