Course: Critical Thinking in this Age of Politics - Thinking Better, Deeper, and Broader (OSH-CRITCLTHNK)

Critical thinking is important for many reasons, including being a better citizen. As conspiracy theories abound, studying and analyzing the facts, evidence, and truth becomes increasingly important. We will cover the challenges, logic, the fallacies, and the solutions in arriving at the best conclusions. Insights into the brain as well as why science represents the ultimate in evidence-based decisions will be studied. Approaches to critical thinking and the best fact-checking sites will be covered.

Critical Thinking in Eight Sessions: How to Think - Evidence-based thinking 
  1. Introduction - Overview - Why is it Important? Winning Votes by Abusing Reason 
  2. Conspiracy Theories 
  3. The Brain: What it can and cannot do (Human Psychology) 
  4. Science - the Epitome of Critical Thinking - How does science do it? 
  5. Logical Fallacies - Part 1 (Abusing Reason: Short cuts and mistakes) 
  6. Logical Fallacies - Part 2 (More Short cuts and more mistakes) 
  7. Logic: How to Use it: Arriving at the Truth 
  8. Solutions: What are the Interactions, Approaches, Answers and Fact-Checking Sites

 Session: OSH126.CRITCLTHNK (10 seats (10%) remaining)

Schedule: Wednesdays; Sept 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5
Times: 01:00pm - 03:00pm

Instructors

Name Additional Resources
Fred Silva

Facility Detail

TBD - UR Campus
490 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173