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Critical Thinking: A Brain-Based Guide for the ChatGPT Era Specialization

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Critical Thinking: A Brain-Based Guide for the ChatGPT Era Specialization

Enhance Critical Thinking with Neuroscience and AI. Master neuroscience-based techniques and AI insights to strengthen your critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Dr. Terrence Sejnowski
Dr. Barbara Oakley
Adam Trybus

Instructors: Dr. Terrence Sejnowski

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
5.0

(34 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Explore how your brain’s networks influence reasoning, including deductive, inductive, and abductive thinking.

  • Identify and manage biases to enhance everyday decision-making and problem-solving skills.

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September 2024

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • How to recognize and overcome unconscious biases in decision-making

  • Techniques for balancing intuitive "gut feelings" with logical analysis

  • How to detect emotional influences on thinking in yourself and others

Skills you'll gain

Category: critical thinking
Category: Decision making
Category: Bias
Category: emotional intelligence
Category: Gut feelings

What you'll learn

  • Apply principles of deductive reasoning to analyze arguments.

  • Identify how mental models and cognitive biases affect critical thinking.

  • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of different logical approaches, including classical and non-classical logics.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Logical Analysis
Category: mental models
Category: Deductive reasoning
Category: bias
Category: Critical thinking

What you'll learn

  • Analyze complex real-world arguments by learning to identify premises, conclusions, and argument markers in everyday contexts.

  • Apply inductive, deductive, and abductive reasoning to develop structured thinking and generate plausible explanations for observed phenomena.

  • Evaluate missing information and rhetorical techniques to assess the strength and validity of arguments in real-world scenarios.

Skills you'll gain

Category: decision-making
Category: Argument Analysis
Category: Abductive Reasoning
Category: Logical Reasoning
Category: Critical Thinking

What you'll learn

  • Identify and understand logical fallacies such as circular reasoning and fallacies of relevance, and how they impact argument strength.

  • Recognize the influence of cognitive biases like confirmation bias and my-side bias on decision-making and reasoning processes.

  • Explore how social dynamics shape reasoning, revealing how reasoning improves through dialogue, debate, and social interaction.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Circular Reasoning
Category: logical fallacies
Category: reasoning
Category: bias
Category: critical thinking

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Dr. Barbara Oakley
Deep Teaching Solutions
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