Critical Thinking

The Case For Democracy In The Covid 19 Pandemic
Public Policy
September 28, 2020

The Case For Democracy In The Covid 19 Pandemic

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10 Tips for Spotting Misinformation Online
Insights
June 24, 2020

10 Tips for Spotting Misinformation Online

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They Don’t Want You to Know That Not All Conspiracy Theories Should Be Treated the Same
Communication
June 17, 2020

They Don’t Want You to Know That Not All Conspiracy Theories Should Be Treated the Same

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Deconstructing ‘Plandemic’: Seven Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking
Insights
May 18, 2020

Deconstructing ‘Plandemic’: Seven Traits of Conspiratorial Thinking

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Coronavirus Thinking

The 7 Deadly Sins of Coronavirus Thinking

The answer for the kind of panicked flurry in reasoning we’re seeing during the COVID-19 pandemic may lie in a field of critical thinking called vice epistemology. This theory argues our thinking habits and intellectual character traits cause poor reasoning.

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Breaking Bad News: How to Talk With the Misinformed

Breaking Bad News: How to Talk With the Misinformed

It’s also common to encounter people who are misinformed but don’t know it yet. It’s one thing to double-check your own information, but what’s the best way to talk to someone else about what they think is true – but which is not true?

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Twixt Duck and Rabbit: Psychological Biases and Bad Coronavirus Policy

Twixt Duck and Rabbit: Psychological Biases and Bad Coronavirus Policy

Crises rarely see human decision-making operating at its best. Politicians and policymakers have to make important decisions in unfamiliar circumstances, with vast gaps in the available information, and all in the full glare of public scrutiny. The psychology of decision making doesn’t just tell us a lot about the potential pitfalls in our own thinking – it alerts us to ways in which some of the world’s governments may go astray.

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Academic Writing Needs More from Me, Myself and I

Academic Writing Needs More from Me, Myself and I

The move towards including the first person perspective is becoming more acceptable in academia, notes the University of Queensland’s Peter Ellerton, who adds, there are times when invoking the first person is more meaningful and even rigorous than not.

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Archived Webinar: Tom Chatfield and Mark Kingwell Discuss Critical Thinking

Archived Webinar: Tom Chatfield and Mark Kingwell Discuss Critical Thinking

Tom Chatfield, author of the new SAGE Publishing book Critical Thinking, and Mark Kingwell, the University of Toronto, held a lively conversation on the import of technology on how we think and act ‘critically.’ Chatfield, described as a ‘tech philosopher,’ and Kingwell, a more traditional professor of philosophy, traded perspectives, insights into the digital, and purportedly post-truth, era in this one-hour webinar.

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10 Commandments for Critical Thinking

10 Commandments for Critical Thinking

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In this collection of videos , Tom Chatfield eschews the biblical but embraces the practical as he gives specific guidance for training your brain to think critically. In a digital era delivering rivers of information awash in ‘fake news,’ the significance and sheer volume of this information make the question of how we engage with it a vital one.

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Tom Chatfield on Critical Thinking and Bias

Tom Chatfield on Critical Thinking and Bias

Philosopher Tom Chatfield’s media presence – which is substantial – is often directly linked to his writings on technology. But his new book is on critical thinking, and while that involves humanity’s oldest computer, the brain, Chatfield explains in this Social Science Bites podcast that new digital realities interact with old human biases.

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Can Critical Thinking Be Taught in Business School?

Can Critical Thinking Be Taught in Business School?

In her editorial of the September issue of Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Melinda Knight explains, There is universal agreement among educators […]

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