Logic, Critical Thinking Skills for Everyone
November 28, 2009 by
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Suggested Reading – Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking by M. Neil Brown Stuart M. Keely www.prenhall.com List of Logical Fallacies www.philosophicalsociety.com
Wondeful answer. Agreed 100%.
Heh,
Well look at it this way. The same kids had their Marylin Manson poster in their bedroom but got to that college age and realized it didn’t help their cause (getting laid) so the poster got replaced with a copy of ‘The God Delusion’ on their dorm room desk.
As for Dawkins?
You have to prove he exists before I believe in this ‘god delusion’ book.
“Do You Think What You Think You Think?” is a book i liked about logical thinking. it asks you questions to test how solid our opinions are and is an easy read.
fuck off you fag
macpro laying the mac down goin for the goods!!!!
thanks liked what you had to say next time lets see the goods though
blow the professor… they love it!
Atheism is the new fashion accessory for the brainwashed sheeple. Some dork/ NWO tool who we will refer to as Richard Dawkins writes a book called The God Delusion and then all the little boys and little girls started proclaiming themselves ‘Atheists’. Why? Because some ‘expert’ told them God was a cartoon.
yeah i will deff do that keep up the good work i like your video’s
Oh, Poli Sci I think has much more job prospects than Phil.
If you do a google search -jobs in political science – that will come up with a lot of results that may be valuable to you.
You can combine that with the career site I suggested to develop an informed degree-career plan.
I hope that’s helpful.
Peace
ic thanks i will check out that site i’m a political science major and im considering going to law school but im worried if i dont go what can i do with a BA in Poli-sci
One career site that I like with lots of useful information is “3w’s”[dot]careeronestop[dot]org. It’s got information on a variety of occupations, salaries, job availability projections, and a lot more. You can use it as a guide for deciding a career and aligning your college courses towards it.
Also you can get the book _What Color is Your Parachute?_, likely available at your local library or university library or career center, which is a classic guide to choosing a career.
I would strongly discourage anyone from majoring in Philosophy. If one is in love with the discipline, one can pursue it on their own time rather than using up expensive tuition costs, except of course as part of a university’s required “General Education” program.
It may be good as a pre-law degree, but other than that, the career prospects are very slim.
yeah i will do that ic you have a degree in Philosophy how did you like that as your major? do u find it useful in the real world?
You should look at the course list and descriptions of the particular college you are attending. There is likely at least one class that focuses on logic. It may be under “General Education” or the equivalent term, or under the Philosophy major category.
what courses can i take in College to improve my Logic and Critical Thinking skills?
Which buildings do i sweep? I’ve just finished my A-Levels and i’m about to start basic training for HM armed forces. So, I think i’m safe in the assumption the nearest to sweeping i’ll get is sweeping the floor with Religious nuts. (And I describe them in that manner with Two years of Advance Philosophy, Sociology, and Psychology behind my belt.) I may not be the smartest guy around, but at least i’ll admit it. Which is more than i can say for you…”Junior”. Or “Sir”? nah junior it is.
Well, i must say, delusions of grandure, more of that amost amusing condescending tone, and a pseudo-intellectual point of Shakespere. You see, in England, we have a thing called history, we like to honour our quality literature, that’s why we haven’t changed Shakespeares plays, when we quote shakespeare, we quote Elizabethan language. Do i understand Shakespeare? well yes, therwise i wouldn’t read it, plus the big fat juicy Astar in English Lit. verifies that.
Someone sure has an inferiority complex. I’m glad you read Shakespeare–it shows you aren’t a compete idiot (that is, if you understand any of it). We are not using Elizabethan English. We don’t actually speak and write like Shakespeare. Blow that dust off your old grammar book. (You must tell me how you use your ESP to know about the books I’m reading because your powers are failing. I’m a literary critic and university lecturer, junior. Which buildings do you sweep for a living?)
AHHH, bless, looks like someone doesn’t understand Neo-Latin phrases, Each to THEIR own was a popular Shakespeare phrase you ignorant little shit. Do you know what a book is? Why don’t you read some actual literature, not the obsolete collection of bollocks you so pathetically base your life on. You want to criticise my use of that phrase, get through the entire works of Shakespeare first. Silly little boy.
Each to “his” own–”each” is singular.
My beliefs in God follow Spinoza, Leibniz, and Gnostic thought. I don’t do a traditional Judeo-christian reading of the Bible. I am a Gnostic. And there certainly is a god of “Logos” in the Bible. I do intrepretation and readings from the Greek. Whatever misconceptions you have were handed down through the church. Gnostic readings are considered heretical. I suggest googling Meister Eckhart, rationalism, and Corpus Hermeticum to understand there are other ways of thinking on the subject.
When I say god, I am refering to the judeo christian god. According to the bible, god is an all knowing, omnipotent being that creates and controls everything. This is currently the most popular version of “god” in the world today. There is no evidence or proof of this god, so it is only logical to question its existence. As I matured and began to ask questions, I realized that I was an Atheist. The so called god of logic and reason is not the god described in the New Testament.
I do not believe in religious organizations and that one must believe based on “faith.” In the New Testament it reads “In the beginning was the word”–in Greek the word is “Logos,” which means “reason, knowledge.” Knowledge takes us away from our beliefs when we mature; however, knowledge takes us back. My beliefs in God follow Spinoza, Leibniz, and Gnostic thought. God is logic and reason, which belongs to man in his attempt to understand the universe. You cannot look and find God, God is mind
What is your definition of God? Do you read the Bible literally? You state: “there is no evidence.” I am not an empiricist, and if you are you might have trouble following this thought process: God precedes existence; He is ‘is.’
We experience only the “part” through empiricism and not the “whole.” I believe we have innate wisdom (look up “rationalism vs. empiricism” and find out about the two schools of thought). There are matters of fact, which are “particular”; “logic” is not.