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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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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
Work
Publication
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
Instance
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
Contributor
Subject
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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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)
Instantiates
Publication
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)
Publication
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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