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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.
Publication
  • Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Company, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Grim, Patrick
  • Teaching Company, production company, publisher.
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
  • Philosophy > Science
  • Thought and thinking
  • Ethics
  • Game theory
  • Practical reason
  • Metaphysics
  • Thinking
  • Ethics
  • Game Theory
  • Metaphysics
  • thinking
  • ethics (philosophy)
  • metaphysics
Genre/Form
  • Lecture
  • lectures.
  • Educational films.
  • Lectures.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Conférences.
  • Films éducatifs.
  • Films autres que de fiction.
Note
  • 24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781598039337
  • 1598039334
  • 9781629971759
  • 1629971758
  • 9781598039344
  • 1598039342
OCLC
  • ocn835577886
  • 835577886
  • SCSB-9586832
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library