Logic In Philosophy: Logical Fallacies And Common Mistakes

Logic, reasoning and logical fallacies like ad hominem, misuse of political correctness, and creating our own blindspots

4.35 (36 reviews)

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Personal Transformation

What you will learn

Learn common logical errors we make in daily life

Not fall for poorly made arguments

Win more debates

Have better and more productive communication

Improve your reasoning skills

Understand when political correctness is damaging and when it is useful

Why take this course?

This course will help you think more clearly through many of life's dilemmas and difficult situations.

Some logical fallacies you might be familiar with are:

Ad hominem, begging the question, red herring fallacy, hasty generalization, false dichotomy, slippery slope fallacy, tu quoque, appeal to authority, and false dilemma.

We will focus on these issues and a number of other issues throughout the course, and mainly finding inconsistencies of how we understand the world, situation, and how those inconsistencies and errors have an impact on our decisions in regard to our lives.

PHILOSOPHY APPLIED TO REAL-LIFE

Philosophy can be boring to study because it's sometimes hard to apply it to real-world situations. In this course, I make sure that the ideas explained have real-world applications, which immediately makes this topic interesting and useful in life.

Coming soon: Logic in debates.

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Content

Introduction and welcome

Inductive and deductive reasoning

Logical fallacies

Ad Hominem

Surrounding yourself with similars

The twisted argument

Irrelevant argument

Argument from lack of knowledge

Case studies can be misleading

Blindly trusting old assumptions

Correlation does not imply causation

Wishful thinking

Being uncomfortable with having negative thoughts

Non-confrontation and giving into bullies and threat of anger

Political correctness

Power of slogan

Can't disprove a negative

Group belonging confusion

Statistics vs. case studies

Ontology, Epistemology, and bias

Conclusion

Keep in touch on social media

Bonus lecture

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Reviews

Jonathan

August 4, 2023

This a a good introductory course for laymen and laywomen with no prior knowledge on the topic. The explanation are fairly easy to grasp even for your average high-school graduate. If you have undergrade education, though, you might wish to consider more advanced courses on the same topic such as 'Critical Thinker Academy: Learn to Think Like a Philosopher' by Dr. Kevin deLaplante or 'Mastering Logical Fallacies' by Dr. Bo Bennett.

Teis

June 15, 2022

It's a fine beginner's course. If you want some basic knowledge about biases and how to think, communicate, and learn, I would recommend it. Short and concise. It delivers exactly what it promises. If you are somewhat versed in philosophy, I would look for something a bit more in-depth. However, the presentation was clean, and the language was good.

Josean

June 12, 2021

The video for lecture #8 (case studies can be misleading) is the same as lecture #9 (blind obedience to authority). Although I think the topic of case studies is discussed on a later video (Statistics v case studies) I don’t know if it (#8) was meant to touch on other details. Otherwise I do enjoy the conversational approach of the explanations and makes it really digestible for someone who is not a philosophy student necessarily and gives a very practical understanding of the concepts. Overall it’s a great course and I think it achieves what it was meant to teach. Thanks for putting this lesson out.

Frank

April 29, 2020

The course is not exactly about Epistemology which I thought it was but very well presented never the less. Thank you.

Jacek

April 28, 2020

I meant to major in philosophy at one point, so this topic isn't entirely new to me. Very good content!

Aloysio

April 4, 2020

Nice talks. Clear, fluent and consistent. However, I found it a little bit too casual. I suggest include more guidance and formal references by the end of each section, e.g., Prof. Sapolsky or "Meditations" by Descartes.

Shrikanya

December 17, 2019

I took this course at a time when I was question my own beliefs and pre-conceived notions. This course provides a framework to challenge my belief and how to avoid some well known fallacies and how to identify irrelevant argument.

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