The Resource Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, James Hall, (videorecording)
Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, James Hall, (videorecording)
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The item Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, James Hall, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- 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
- Edition
- Library ed.
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs ( 720 min.)
- Note
-
- Also issued as 4 DVDs and 1 guidebook (vi, 147 p ; 19 cm.)
- "Course no. 4413."
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. -- What are "tools of thinking"? -- lecture 2. Which tools of thinking are basic? -- lecture 3. Platonic intuition, memory, and reason -- lecture 4. Intuition, memory, and reason: problems -- lecture 5. Sense experience: a more modern take -- lecture 6. Observation and immediate inferences -- disc 2. lecture 7. Further immediate inferences -- lecture 8. Categorical syllogisms -- lecture 9. Ancient logic in modern dress -- lecture 10. Systematic doubt and rational certainty -- lecture 11. The limits of sense experience -- lecture 12. Inferences demand relevant evidence
- Pt. 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Proper inferences avoid equivocation -- lecture 14. Induction is slippery but unavoidable -- 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 -- disc 4. lecture 19. "Normal science" at mid-century -- lecture 20. Modern logic: truth tables -- lecture 21. Modern logi : sentential arguments -- lecture 22. Modern logic: predicate arguments -- lecture 23. Postmodern and New-age problems -- lecture 24. Rational empiricism in the 21st century
- 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
- James Hall
- 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
- Cataloging source
- AWC
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- LC call number
- BF441
- LC item number
- .H355 2005
- PerformerNote
- Lecturer: Prof. James Hall, Thomas Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, University of Richmond
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Hall, James
- Teaching Company
- Runtime
- 720
- Series statement
- The great courses
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Thought and thinking
- Thought and thinking
- Creative thinking
- Memory
- Logic
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, James Hall, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Also issued as 4 DVDs and 1 guidebook (vi, 147 p ; 19 cm.)
- "Course no. 4413."
- Accompanying material
- 2 course guidebooks (iv, 184, iv, 186 p. ; 22 cm.)
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. -- What are "tools of thinking"? -- lecture 2. Which tools of thinking are basic? -- lecture 3. Platonic intuition, memory, and reason -- lecture 4. Intuition, memory, and reason: problems -- lecture 5. Sense experience: a more modern take -- lecture 6. Observation and immediate inferences -- disc 2. lecture 7. Further immediate inferences -- lecture 8. Categorical syllogisms -- lecture 9. Ancient logic in modern dress -- lecture 10. Systematic doubt and rational certainty -- lecture 11. The limits of sense experience -- lecture 12. Inferences demand relevant evidence
- Pt. 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Proper inferences avoid equivocation -- lecture 14. Induction is slippery but unavoidable -- 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 -- disc 4. lecture 19. "Normal science" at mid-century -- lecture 20. Modern logic: truth tables -- lecture 21. Modern logi : sentential arguments -- lecture 22. Modern logic: predicate arguments -- lecture 23. Postmodern and New-age problems -- lecture 24. Rational empiricism in the 21st century
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Library ed.
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs ( 720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781598030853
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
-
- Some copies may circulate in 2 or more containers. see holdings inofrmation.
- Set includes: 4 DVDs, 1 book.
- Set 1 includes: 2 DVDs (1-2), 1 book.
- Set 2 includes: 2 DVDs (3-4), 1 book.
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
-
- 44113
- 4413
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- ocm62160754
- (OCoLC)62160754
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Tools of thinking : understanding the world through experience and reason, James Hall, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Also issued as 4 DVDs and 1 guidebook (vi, 147 p ; 19 cm.)
- "Course no. 4413."
- Accompanying material
- 2 course guidebooks (iv, 184, iv, 186 p. ; 22 cm.)
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. -- What are "tools of thinking"? -- lecture 2. Which tools of thinking are basic? -- lecture 3. Platonic intuition, memory, and reason -- lecture 4. Intuition, memory, and reason: problems -- lecture 5. Sense experience: a more modern take -- lecture 6. Observation and immediate inferences -- disc 2. lecture 7. Further immediate inferences -- lecture 8. Categorical syllogisms -- lecture 9. Ancient logic in modern dress -- lecture 10. Systematic doubt and rational certainty -- lecture 11. The limits of sense experience -- lecture 12. Inferences demand relevant evidence
- Pt. 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Proper inferences avoid equivocation -- lecture 14. Induction is slippery but unavoidable -- 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 -- disc 4. lecture 19. "Normal science" at mid-century -- lecture 20. Modern logic: truth tables -- lecture 21. Modern logi : sentential arguments -- lecture 22. Modern logic: predicate arguments -- lecture 23. Postmodern and New-age problems -- lecture 24. Rational empiricism in the 21st century
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Library ed.
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs ( 720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781598030853
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
-
- Some copies may circulate in 2 or more containers. see holdings inofrmation.
- Set includes: 4 DVDs, 1 book.
- Set 1 includes: 2 DVDs (1-2), 1 book.
- Set 2 includes: 2 DVDs (3-4), 1 book.
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
-
- 44113
- 4413
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- ocm62160754
- (OCoLC)62160754
- System details
- DVD
- Video recording format
- DVD
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