The Resource Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, Professor James Hall
Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, Professor James Hall
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- Summary
- Everyone has to think in order to function in the world, and this course will equip you with the tools to reason effectively in your pursuit of reliable beliefs and useful knowledge. Whether you are a budding philosopher searching for ultimate truths, a science student grappling with the nature of scientific proof, a new parent weighing conflicting child-rearing advice, or a concerned citizen making up your mind about today's issues, Tools of Thinking will help you cut through deception and faulty reasoning to get closer to the essence of a matter
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
- Note
-
- "Course no. 4413."
- "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container
- Issued in one container with four DVD discs
- Accompanying guidebook entitled: "Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, course guidebook"
- Contents
-
- lecture 5.
- Sense experience -- a more modern take
- lecture 6.
- Observation and immediate inferences
- lecture 7.
- Further immediate inferences
- lecture 8.
- Categorical syllogisms
- lecture 9.
- Ancient logic in modern dress
- Lecture 1
- lecture 10.
- Systematic doubt and rational certainty
- lecture 11.
- The limits of sense experience
- lecture 12.
- Inference demand relevant evidence
- lecture 13.
- Proper inferences avoid equivocation
- lecture 14.
- Induction is slippery but unavoidable
- What are "tools of thinking"?
- lecture 15.
- The scientific revolution
- lecture 16.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a first look
- lecture 17.
- How empirical is modern empiricism?
- lecture 18.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a closer look
- lecture 19.
- "Normal science" at Mid-century.
- lecture 2.
- lecture 20.
- Modern logic, truth tables
- lecture 21.
- Modern logic, sentential arguments
- lecture 22.
- Modern logic, predicate arguments
- lecture 23.
- Postmodern and new-age problems
- lecture 24.
- Rational empiricism in the 21st Century
- Which tools of thinking are basic?
- lecture 3.
- Platonic intuition, memory, and reason
- lecture 4.
- Intuition, memory, and reason--problems
- Isbn
- 9781598030853
- Label
- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason
- Title
- Tools of thinking
- Title remainder
- understanding the world through experience and reason
- Statement of responsibility
- Professor James Hall
- Subject
-
- Creative thinking
- Educational films
- Educational films
- Lectures
- Lectures
- Logic
- Logic
- Memory
- Memory
- Nonfiction films
- Nonfiction films
- Thought and thinking
- Thought and thinking -- Methodology
- Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching
- Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching
- Video recordings
- Video recordings
- Creative thinking
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Everyone has to think in order to function in the world, and this course will equip you with the tools to reason effectively in your pursuit of reliable beliefs and useful knowledge. Whether you are a budding philosopher searching for ultimate truths, a science student grappling with the nature of scientific proof, a new parent weighing conflicting child-rearing advice, or a concerned citizen making up your mind about today's issues, Tools of Thinking will help you cut through deception and faulty reasoning to get closer to the essence of a matter
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- videorecording
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- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, course guidebook
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hall, James
- Dewey number
- 153.4
- LC call number
- BF441
- LC item number
- .H35 2005
- PerformerNote
- Lecturer: Prof. James Hall, Thomas Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, University of Richmond
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- 1933-
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- Hall, James
- Teaching Company
- Runtime
- 720
- Series statement
- The Great Courses. Philosophy & intellectual history. Modern philosophy
- Series volume
- course no. 4413
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- Thought and thinking
- Thought and thinking
- Creative thinking
- Memory
- Logic
- Thought and thinking
- Memory
- Logic
- Creative thinking
- Thought and thinking
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, Professor James Hall
- Note
-
- "Course no. 4413."
- "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container
- Issued in one container with four DVD discs
- Accompanying guidebook entitled: "Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, course guidebook"
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook (vi, 147 pages ; 19 cm).
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- Contents
-
- lecture 5.
- Sense experience -- a more modern take
- lecture 6.
- Observation and immediate inferences
- lecture 7.
- Further immediate inferences
- lecture 8.
- Categorical syllogisms
- lecture 9.
- Ancient logic in modern dress
- Lecture 1
- lecture 10.
- Systematic doubt and rational certainty
- lecture 11.
- The limits of sense experience
- lecture 12.
- Inference demand relevant evidence
- lecture 13.
- Proper inferences avoid equivocation
- lecture 14.
- Induction is slippery but unavoidable
- What are "tools of thinking"?
- lecture 15.
- The scientific revolution
- lecture 16.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a first look
- lecture 17.
- How empirical is modern empiricism?
- lecture 18.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a closer look
- lecture 19.
- "Normal science" at Mid-century.
- lecture 2.
- lecture 20.
- Modern logic, truth tables
- lecture 21.
- Modern logic, sentential arguments
- lecture 22.
- Modern logic, predicate arguments
- lecture 23.
- Postmodern and new-age problems
- lecture 24.
- Rational empiricism in the 21st Century
- Which tools of thinking are basic?
- lecture 3.
- Platonic intuition, memory, and reason
- lecture 4.
- Intuition, memory, and reason--problems
- Control code
- ocn756742036
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. in 1 container +
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- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
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- 9781598030853
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- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, Professor James Hall
- Note
-
- "Course no. 4413."
- "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container
- Issued in one container with four DVD discs
- Accompanying guidebook entitled: "Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, course guidebook"
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook (vi, 147 pages ; 19 cm).
- Carrier category
-
- videodisc
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- lecture 5.
- Sense experience -- a more modern take
- lecture 6.
- Observation and immediate inferences
- lecture 7.
- Further immediate inferences
- lecture 8.
- Categorical syllogisms
- lecture 9.
- Ancient logic in modern dress
- Lecture 1
- lecture 10.
- Systematic doubt and rational certainty
- lecture 11.
- The limits of sense experience
- lecture 12.
- Inference demand relevant evidence
- lecture 13.
- Proper inferences avoid equivocation
- lecture 14.
- Induction is slippery but unavoidable
- What are "tools of thinking"?
- lecture 15.
- The scientific revolution
- lecture 16.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a first look
- lecture 17.
- How empirical is modern empiricism?
- lecture 18.
- Hypotheses and experiments, a closer look
- lecture 19.
- "Normal science" at Mid-century.
- lecture 2.
- lecture 20.
- Modern logic, truth tables
- lecture 21.
- Modern logic, sentential arguments
- lecture 22.
- Modern logic, predicate arguments
- lecture 23.
- Postmodern and new-age problems
- lecture 24.
- Rational empiricism in the 21st Century
- Which tools of thinking are basic?
- lecture 3.
- Platonic intuition, memory, and reason
- lecture 4.
- Intuition, memory, and reason--problems
- Control code
- ocn756742036
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. in 1 container +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781598030853
- Media category
-
- video
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- Publisher number
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- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Creative thinking
- Educational films
- Educational films
- Lectures
- Lectures
- Logic
- Logic
- Memory
- Memory
- Nonfiction films
- Nonfiction films
- Thought and thinking
- Thought and thinking -- Methodology
- Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching
- Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching
- Video recordings
- Video recordings
- Creative thinking
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