Critical Thinking Essentials: Sharpen Your Mind for Better Decision Making
Every day we’re bombarded with endless information, clickbait headlines, and opinions disguised as facts. Most people just take it at face value, but you won’t! Our Critical Thinking Crash Course will arm you with the ultimate toolkit to dismantle weak logic and arguments, cut through misinformation, spot hidden agendas, and see the truth hidden beneath the noise.
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Mon 27 Jul
- $120.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Mon 27 Jul 19:00 - Mon 27 Jul 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Mon 03 Aug 19:00 - Mon 03 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Mon 10 Aug 19:00 - Mon 10 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Mon 17 Aug 19:00 - Mon 17 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Mon 24 Aug 19:00 - Mon 24 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Mon 31 Aug 19:00 - Mon 31 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
Description
Every day we’re bombarded with endless information, clickbait headlines, and opinions disguised as facts. Most people just take it at face value, but you won’t! Our Critical Thinking Crash Course will arm you with the ultimate toolkit to dismantle weak logic and arguments, cut through misinformation, spot hidden agendas, and see the truth hidden beneath the noise. You’ll practice on real-world examples, debate big, often controversial questions, and sharpen your reasoning through hands-on exercises. Whether you’re looking to advance your career or simply embracing the joy of lifelong learning, this course will enrich the way you think and engage with the world. Enrol today to secure your spot!
Expected learning outcomes
- How to construct and recognise valid and strong arguments, analogical arguments and inferences to the best explanation
- How to spot and avoid logical fallacies, biases, assumptions, rhetoric, reasoning gaps, irrelevant premises, conspiracy thinking
Course outline
- Session 1: constructing arguments (elements of the argument)
- Session 2: constructing arguments (validity and truth), logical fallacies, heuristics and bias
- Session 3: fallacies continued
- Session 4: rhetoric (techniques of the art of persuasion, logic & emotions)
- Session 5: theories and inference to the best explanation
- Session 6: evaluating arguments
Who should attend?
Anyone who wants to sharpen their thinking skills and verbal reasoning capacities and to become more analytical and critical in their thinking.
About your tutor, Natasha
As a Philosophy graduate and a GTA at the University of Auckland I believe that critical thinking skills are of immense importance to our lives. By being better analytical thinkers, we become better decision makers, and by illumination others’ reasoning fallacies we avoid falling prey to them. Everyone needs these skills yet they are rarely if ever taught outside of the University setting.
