Analytical Thinking
Seminar Content
- How the world is trying to influence you - often away from truth and accuracy
- How it is vital for you to think for yourself and to be able to think accurately
- Why it is not necessarily easy to do so
- An overview of the logical prerequisites to accurate analytical thinking
- How to improve your own thinking and spot the mistakes in other people’s thinking
- A step-by-step guide to breaking down and analysing any line of reasoning you encounter
- Determining what is and what is not a line of reasoning or an argument
- Assessing how disagreements over the meaning of words and phrases might lead to different conclusions
- Looking at statements or claims and categorising the types of claim being made
- Determining whether or not a claim should be accepted
- Looking at cognitive biases and how these might affect your reasoning
- Analysing argument structures and developing an awareness of how this affects reasoning
- Looking at different types of fallacy and how to deal with them
- Looking at how conclusions flow from arguments and the consequences of accepting conclusions
- How to assess competing arguments
- Looking at different approaches to thinking
- How to practise and develop your skills over time
- And more...
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