Free Course from Oxford University Online on reasoning.

[cardw]

Here is a link to a series of lectures on how to properly form your arguments. I think if one understands how language and logic work you can form your communication much more effectively.

These are free and from Oxford University itself. I think this would save us a lot of time in dialog if we can learn how to avoid the many fallacies the present themselves in much of the writing on Club Adventist.

Critical Thinking for Beginners

[Bravus]

Downloading to my iPhone to listen (and watch the slides if I'm not doing something else) over the next little while.

I personally strongly advocate the teaching of philosophy for *all* school students. My daughter did a course - but it's optional, which means only those who already have an interest choose it - and it has definitely helped her just in everyday thinking and logic skills as well as in discussion.

*Everyone* can learn more about this stuff - to suggest checking it out is not to suggest a deficit or to claim someone is un(der)educated.

[Amelia]

Sounds interesting. But I don't have the system requirements to download iTunes.

[cardw]

Sounds interesting. But I don't have the system requirements to download iTunes.

Hi Amelia,

Here is the course playlist on YouTube...

Critical Thinking for Beginners with Marianne Talbot

And here is the first course...