Course Information
Course Overview
Logic, reasoning and logical fallacies like ad hominem, misuse of political correctness, and creating our own blindspots
This course will help you think more clearly through many of life's dilemmas and difficult situations.
Some logical fallacies you might be familiar with are:
Ad hominem, begging the question, red herring fallacy, hasty generalization, false dichotomy, slippery slope fallacy, tu quoque, appeal to authority, and false dilemma.
We will focus on these issues and a number of other issues throughout the course, and mainly finding inconsistencies of how we understand the world, situation, and how those inconsistencies and errors have an impact on our decisions in regard to our lives.
PHILOSOPHY APPLIED TO REAL-LIFE
Philosophy can be boring to study because it's sometimes hard to apply it to real-world situations. In this course, I make sure that the ideas explained have real-world applications, which immediately makes this topic interesting and useful in life.
Coming soon: Logic in debates.
RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR: WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT
If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don't respond. Well, I do because
1) I care about my students.
2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money's worth from the course.
Invest in yourself. Enroll now!
Course Content
- 6 section(s)
- 32 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction and welcome to this logic and logical fallacies course
- Section 2 Reasoning: Inductive and deductive reasoning
- Section 3 Logical fallacies
- Section 4 Logic exercise
- Section 5 Additional thoughts
- Section 6 Conclusion - thank you for being a great student
What You’ll Learn
- Learn common logical errors we make in daily life, Not fall for poorly made arguments, Win more debates, Have better and more productive communication, Improve your reasoning skills, Understand when political correctness is damaging and when it is useful
Reviews
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GGraham Scott
enjoying the content
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IImix Tapia
very basic, I haven't found anything new or profound, it's like something you can read on Wikipedia
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JJonathan Parent-Lévesque
This a a good introductory course for laymen and laywomen with no prior knowledge on the topic. The explanation are fairly easy to grasp even for your average high-school graduate. If you have undergrade education, though, you might wish to consider more advanced courses on the same topic such as 'Critical Thinker Academy: Learn to Think Like a Philosopher' by Dr. Kevin deLaplante or 'Mastering Logical Fallacies' by Dr. Bo Bennett.
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RRakesh Balooni
Great course,, for understanding logical fallacies