Thinking Clearly
Episodes
#114-Major Themes in Thinking Clearly-with Bob And Julia
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After almost 10 years of broadcasting and podcasting Thinking Clearly, a series of life events has caused Bob and Julia to say "adieu" to this labor o...
#113-Recalling Defeating Disinformation and Protecting Democracy-with guest Lee McIntyre
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the explanation at the beginning of this episode to understand why you will be hearing a replay of episode #86. The danger of disinformation...
#112-Bob and Julia Unleashed
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia interview each other and discuss a number of topics related to critical thinking that have been on their minds for years, including: Wha...
#111-AI-Assisted Tools in Education and How AI Might Assist our Critical Thinking-with guest Kyle Falbo
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our discussion with Kyle Falbo—Math and Computer Science Lecturer and Educational Technology Application Expert at Sonoma State University—focuses...
#110-The Role of Emotions in Thinking and Learning-with guest Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions are often viewed as interfering with clear, objective, evidence-based reasoning; in fact, "appeal to emotion" is considered to be a logical f...
#109-The Moves that Matter in Crafting Persuasive Arguments and Communicating them Effectively-with guests Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein-Graff
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coauthors of the widely acclaimed book, They Say/I Say-The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, explore how to craft persuasive arguments and commun...
#108-Teaching Critical Thinking to Kids-with guest Stephanie Simoes
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, and experience as a teacher, our guest for this episode, Stephanie Simoes, d...
#107-How Institutionalizing Deliberative Political Processes Can Lead to Deliberative Democracy and Reduce Polarization-with guest Jim Fishkin
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Fishkin, Stanford University Professor (and Director of the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab) discusses his extensive research and developmen...
#106- The Role of Logic in Acquiring Knowledge and Forming Beliefs-with guest Patrick Hurley
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Hurley, Philosophy Professor Emeritus at University of San Diego and author of the widely acclaimed textbook: A Concise Introduction to Logic,...
#105-The Epidemic of Political Lying and the Importance of Fact-checking-with guest Bill Adair
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Early in his career our guest, Bill Adair, worked as a journalist, author, and later founded the fact-checking organization Politifact. And in 2013 he...
#104-The Importance of Trust in Information and Institutions-revisited
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Untrue information is called misinformation, and intentionally spread misinformation is known as disinformation. When one uses disinformation to furth...
#103-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking-updated for 2025
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode looks back to the previous episode: # 22- Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking, and updates it from the perspective of...
#102-Worldviews and How they Guide our Beliefs-with guest Annick de Witt
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes a deep dive into the concept of “worldview”, based on the research and work done by Annick de Witt: researcher, writer, teacher...
#101-The Virtues of Evidence-Based Policy Making-with guest Robert MacCoun
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even though they affect all of our lives, most of us know almost nothing about how policies are made, especially policy made by our state and federal ...
#100-Foundations and Future of Critical Thinking-with guest Kevin deLaplante
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion with philosopher, former tenured professor at Iowa State University, and now independent critical thinking educator and consultant, Ke...
#99-How internet influencers, algorithms and crowds are altering our politics, our society and our very relationship to reality-with guest Renée DiResta.mp3
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Researcher, author and former Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Renée DiResta, discusses how numerous internet-savvy individuals...
#98-The Nature of Curiosity and it’s implications for Critical Thinking-with guest Jacqueline Gottlieb
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jacqueline Gottlieb, Principal Investigator at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute and former head of the Research Cluster on Curios...
#97-How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation-with guest Tania Israel
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Second time Thinking Clearly guest, Tania Israel, Professor of Counseling Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, guides us through how to overcome the toxic ...
#96-Using practices and tools from science while also learning how to weave together facts and values to rebuild trust and cooperation-with guest Robert MacCoun
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Calling on his experience in evidence-based policy making, teaching a course at UC Berkeley called Sense and Sensibility and Science, and coauthoring ...
#95-Critical Thinking and the Nature of Human Consciousness-with guest Anil Seth
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Research and current theories about the nature of human consciousness are explored with guest Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neur...
#94-The Essence of Critical Thinking and Demonstrations of How to Have Civil Dialogues
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking Clearly hosts Bob and Julia review their definition of critical thinking, discuss how doing a show about critical thinking has changed them, ...
#93-Critical Thinking Fundamentals and how to find truth in all the noise-with guest Dr. Seema Yasmin
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Seema Yasmin, professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, discusses: information disorder a...
#92-Election 2024 Preparation 4-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this fourth in a series of Thinking Clearly episodes—offered in the hope of fostering critical thinking and civil dialogue as we approach our 202...
#91-How artificial intelligence can help us understand human cognition-with guest Leslie Valiant
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The development of artificial intelligence naturally leads us to deeply explore what intelligence, reasoning and knowledge are; the processes required...
#90-Election 2024 Preparation 3-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this third in a series of Thinking Clearly episodes—offered in the hope of fostering critical thinking and civil dialogue as we approach our 2024...
#89-Election 2024 Preparation 2-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O'Connor
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into the US 2024 Presidential Election with the knowledge that America is now as polarized as it has been since the civil war and that this...
#88-What’s new in teaching critical thinking and advances in the mental immunity approach for combating misinformation with guest Melanie Trecek-King
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Second time guest, Professor Melanie Trecek-King, updates us on what’s new in teaching critical thinking and new on her website resources at: Thinki...
#87-Election 2024 Preparation—The Importance of Critical Thinking to Democracy, with guest Timothy Redmond
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the spirit of promoting citizenship in our democracy, during this time as the 2024 presidential election begins to ramp up, every once in a while J...
#86-Disinformation-its creators, amplifiers and believers-and how to fight for truth and protect democracy with guest Lee McIntyre
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disinformation and its danger to our social fabric and democracy are the focus of this discussion with philosopher, educator and author, Lee McIntyre....
#85-Critical thinking in health and medicine and the importance of critical thinking in pandemics and other national and international health crises
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Howard, MD joins hosts Bob and Julia to discuss the role of critical thinking in health and medicine and how critical thinking is especially ...
# 84-Top pick episode after seven years-Johnathan Rauch and the Constitution of Knowledge
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this the 84th episode of Thinking Clearly, hosts Bob and Julia got the seven year itch to look back and pick one episode that they thought deserved...
#83-Bob and Julia discuss Artificial Intelligence
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been impacting our lives in a variety of ways including our web searches, social medial experiences and even our tele...
#82-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking and Recognizing Unsubstantiated Claims-with guest Alan Bensley
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Bensley, Psychology Professor and author of two textbooks on critical thinking: “Critical Thinking in Psychology: a unified skills approach” ...
#81-Actively Open-minded Thinking-with guest Emlen Metz
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Psychologist Emlen Metz discusses her research on Actively Open-minded Thinking and her current work at the Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C. Berkeley ...
#80- Virtues, Benefits and Joy of Critical Thinking and Science Appreciation-with Guy Harrison
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist, author and public speaker Guy Harrison— a longtime advocate for skepticism, critical thinking and science appreciation—discusses the v...
#79-How critical thinking can make us better citizens and cure our ailing democracy-with guest Timothy Redmond
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking Clearly guest, political scientist, author and educator Timothy Redmond, discusses the toxic effects of extreme political tribalism on our de...
#78-Celebrating Skilled Intuition-a second look at Naturalistic Decision Making with guest Gary Klein
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Psychologist, author and entrepreneur, Gary Klein, joins us a second time to take a closer look at experts, skilled intuition and many of the other to...
#77-The journey from the world of magicians and psychics to becoming a skeptical activist who promotes science and critical thinking-with guest Mark Edward
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Edward tells the story of his journey from the world of magicians and psychics to becoming a skeptical activist who promotes science and critical...
#76-How mathematics can improve our lives and make us better critical thinkers-with guest John Allen Paulos
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The conjunction fallacy, base rate neglect and the Monty Hall Problem are some of the topics discussed as guest John Allen Paulos from Temple Universi...
#75-How to Get Real by Mastering and Using Critical Thinking-with guest Jon Guy
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Under very unusual conditions, Jon Guy made a transition from one who never thought much about skepticism, the nature of science and critical thinking...
#74-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking—back to the basics—with Melanie Trecek-King
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest, Melanie Trecek-King, Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College, became dissatisfied with students mindlessly memorizing...
#73-Back to the Nuts and Bolts of Critical Thinking-with guest James Zimring
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James Zimring, professor, medical researcher and author of the books What Science Is And How It Works and Partial Truths-How Fractions Distort Our...
#72-Trust and the Semantic Pointer Theory of Cognition-with Paul Thagard
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Thagard is our guest on this final episode of a three-part series on The Nature of Trust. Paul is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, author ...
#71-The Nature of Trust in this age of Polarization-with guest Kevin Vallier
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This second edition in a three-part series on The Nature of Trust features guest Dr. Kevin Vallier, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green...
#70-The Nature of Trust
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Thinking Clearly, Bob and Julia introduce the issue of trust. They examine what it is, give a sampling of some of the extensive res...
#69-Strategies for Constructive Conversations-with guest Tania Israel
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking Clearly guest, Dr. Tania Israel, Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, ...
#68-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Stephen Hawkins is the director of research at More in Common—a non-profit organization focused on understanding the forces driving us apart a...
#67-Street Epistemology-with guest Anthony Magnabosco
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Street Epistemology is a conversational tool that helps people reflect on the quality of their reasons and the reliability of the methods they have us...
#66-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O’Connor
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the view that America is now as polarized as it has been since the civil war, and that this amount of polarization drastically impairs our democr...
#65-Considering Risks and Benefits of our Actions and Beliefs-with guest David Ropeik
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When making a judgment about what to do or believe—when there are risks involved—it becomes important to look at the consequences of our choices, ...
#64-Bob and Julia discuss perspectives to help understand dysfunction in the ability of people with opposing views to have productive dialogues
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Starting with a discussion of taking an evolutionary perspective and then briefly describing: Human Evolutionary History, Predictive Processing, The D...
#63- How Reality-Based Communities and the Constitution of Knowledge Can Help Turn Disagreement into Truth-with guest Jonathan Rauch
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As many of us search for ways to escape from this post-truth world and set foot on solid ground where we can trust each other to make legitimate argum...
#62-How to Talk to a Science Denier-with guest Lee McIntyre
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of background research for his new book How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Def...
#61-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colonel (retired) Steve Gerras teaches critical thinking at the Army War College. On this edition of Thinking Clearly, he shares his advocacy and pass...
#60-The Attention Economy-with Guest Michael H. Goldhaber
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The term “attention economy” has become a buzzword in our current zeitgeist. But 30 to 40 years ago Michael Goldhaber, who has a PhD in physics co...
#59-Deep Questions about Critical Thinking
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts, Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton, review the Thinking Clearly definition (and longer description) of critical thinking and discuss the importance...
#58-Exploring the New Science of Cognitive Immunology-with Guest Andy Norman
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With their guest Andy Norman, Bob and Julia discuss the idea of applying biomedical concepts such as infection, immunity, and inoculation to what happ...
#57-Political Depolarization-How to Navigate Political Discussions with Friends and Family-with guest Bill Doherty
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bill Doherty, professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, joins hosts Bob and Julia to discuss how to bes...
#56-The Relationship of Group Identity to Critical Thinking-with Guest Amber Gaffney
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do the groups that we belong to affect our feelings, beliefs and behavior? Can we really think critically about issues without being strongly infl...
#55-How to Identify BS and When and How to Challenge It-with Guest Jevin West
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jevin West, Associate Professor at the University of Washington and coauthor of the recent book: Calling Bullshit – the Art of Skepticism in a Data-...
#54-Perspectives of Human Cognition as Critical Thinking Tools and How to Prevent the Infocalypse
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Flying solo on this episode, Bob discusses three perspectives on how our brains work and then, with the help of prerecorded audio clips, surveys the c...
#53-Truth in Politics and the Pro-Truth Pledge-with Guest Tim Ward
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is no end in sight to the amount of misinformation and disinformation that we are currently being exposed to. With a contentious US presidential...
#52-Demonstration of a step by step information vetting process
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bob and Julia demonstrate a unique information vetting process using as an example, a prevalent internet meme about the Black Lives M...
#51-The Nature of Truth-A Civil Dialogue between a Theist, an Agnostic and an Atheist
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A process of civil dialogue and intellectual empathy is used by hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton and their guest, Pastor Dave Seaford, to share ea...
#50-Vetting Information Using Critical Thinking Skills
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bob and Julia discuss the polluted state of our information environment in this complex, technical, culturally shifting world we're li...
#49-Essential Knowledge About Critical Thinking-with Guest Jonathan Haber
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the US Presidential Election approaches, a swarm of issues are being politicized—exposing us to communication from downright propaganda pieces an...
#48-Countering Misinformation-with Guest John Cook
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia talk strategies for recognizing and combating misinformation with psychologist and cartoonist Dr. John Cook from George Mason University...
#47-Best Practices in Critical Thinking-with Guest Professor Emeritus Anthony Weston
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Bob and Julia discuss a variety of topics with Anthony Weston, including: the most important aspects of teaching critical thinking and those mos...
#46-Critical Thinking in the Time of Crisis
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The current COVID-19 pandemic has made critical thinking and reducing the misinformation and disinformation in our information environment more import...
#45-Music and the Arts Meet Critical Thinking and Science-Guest Baba Brinkman
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a discussion with guest, Baba Brinkman. Baba is a Canadian rapper and playwright, now based in New York, especially known for re...
#44-Interactive Resources for Sharpening your Critical Thinking Skills-with Guest Spencer Greenberg
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This discussion, with Dr. Spencer Greenberg, focuses on a variety of free tools and mini-courses, on-line at: clearerthinking.org. These fun, interact...
#43-Critical Thinking and How Our Brain Constructs Reality
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on how we humans "construct" our perceptions of reality using our “Bayesian Brain” to integrate incoming sensory information ...
#42-False Beliefs in our Democracy-How they Spread and Persist-with Guest Cailin O'Connor
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The connectivity of the internet allows us to retrieve accurate information, which can be used to support true beliefs, but also exposes us to misinfo...
#41-Belief Formation, Influence of Beliefs on Reasoning, and Belief Change-with guest Michael Wolfe
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How our beliefs affect us and belief change are topics of focus in this episode of Thinking Clearly with guest: Professor Michael Wolfe from Grand Val...
#40-How Tribalism, Arrogance and Conviction Work Against Seeking Truth-with guest Michael Lynch
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As discussed in his recent book: "The Know-It-All Society", Michael P. Lynch, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, helps us take ...
#39-Bob and Julia discuss the base rate fallacy, superforecasting, and regression to the mean
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on the power of understanding statistics and probability, including how avoiding base rate neglect can help you make better decis...
#38-Guest Professor Lee McIntyre discusses Science Denial, the Scientific Attitude and Related Topics
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, guest philosopher, educator and author Lee McIntyre discusses his latest book, "The Scientific Attitude", and explains that the conce...
#37-Bob and Julia Discuss Claims, Conclusions, Opinions, Beliefs, Open-mindedness and the Skeptics Sniff Test
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bob and Julia discuss a variety of critical thinking mini-topics, including the skill of being able to identify and distinguish differ...
#36-Using and editing Wikipedia and the relationship of skepticism to critical thinking with guest, Susan Gerbic
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia discuss the nature of skepticism and its relationship to critical thinking and the nuts and bolts of using and editing Wikipedia with gu...
#35-The Relationship of Critical Thinking to Cultural Cognition and Identity Protective Cognition with Guest John Gastil
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered why some people have such different opinions than you on certain hot button issues; for example: climate change or gun control?...
#34-Some Math and Statistics Topics that Serve as Important Tools for Critical Thinkers-with Guest, John Allen Paulos
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With simple explanations and a dash of humor, John Allen Paulos, Mathematics Professor from Temple University, unpacks some topics from statistics tha...
#33-Critical Thinking Involving Moral Issues with Guest, Philosophy Professor Benjamin Shaeffer
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode with guest Benjamin Shaffer, Professor of Philosophy from Humboldt State University, features a discussion of how critical thinkers can b...
#32-A Discussion of Teaching, Learning and Practicing Critical Thinking with "Critical Thinking" textbook author Richard Parker
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Parker, Professor Emeritus of philosophy at California State University, Chico and co-author of the textbook: "Critical Thinking", joins hosts...
#31-Bob and Julia discuss skepticism, world views, the importance of critical thinking, and a bundle of other topics with guest George Hrab
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This New Year edition of "Thinking Clearly" taps into the humor, good nature, and deep thinking of musician, song writer, podcaster, skeptic and advoc...
#30-Bob and Julia discuss Tribalism and Polarization, Cultural Cognition, and preview topics and guests for future shows
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bob and Julia review issues related to current increases in Tribalism and Polarization in American culture & politics, introduce the ...
#29-Skilled Intuition-the positive side of our fast thinking-with guest, Dr. Gary Klein
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The vulnerabilities in our quick, intuitive judgments, including the many biases that may mislead us, have been extensively discussed on Thinking Clea...
#28-Bob and Julia discuss the top 3 things they've learned from doing the show.
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This show focuses on how being open to new learning relates to critical thinking, as hosts Bob and Julia discuss insights they've had as a result of h...
#27-The Importance of Understanding and Engaging in Rational Arguments-a conversation with Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In his new book “Think Again-How to Reason and Argue”, Duke University Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong says: “The level of discourse and comm...
#26-Understanding Risk-Benefit Assessment-with Professor Daniel Cole
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Critical thinkers are often faced with trying to evaluate arguments regarding political policies or various technologies. Whereas experts have develop...
#25-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking-part 2
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia go deeper into the topic of tribalism and polarization, using audio clips from several different sources to prompt their lively back and...
#24-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The words "tribalism" and "polarization" have become commonplace when describing recent sociopolitical trends in America. Host Bob Froehlich and guest...
#23-Revisiting Critical Thinking a review of concepts and topics
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Critical thinking encompasses a wide variety of concepts and related topics. This episode reviews the high points of what past shows have covered and ...
#22-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bob and Julia unpack the construct of worldview, discuss its relevance to critical thinking and demonstrate how to uncover one's own ...
#21-Having Civil Dialogues-part 3 (demonstration of civil dialogue)
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Show hosts, Bob and Julia, demonstrate a civil dialogue as they discuss a topic about which they disagree. Even though the topic, "Humanity is Worth S...
#20-Having Civil Dialogues-part 2
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This show is part 2 of a series on "Having Civil Dialogues." Julia and Bob discuss the issue, guided by audio clips from radio host and author, Celest...
#19-Having Civil Dialogues
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With incivility on the rise in the U.S., this episode focuses on the importance of and methods for having civil dialogues. Bob and Julia discuss the t...
#18-Critical Thinking About Moral Issues
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia discuss the "is"/"ought" distinction and the process of recognizing and analyzing arguments that contain moral considerations, using pas...
#17-Motivated Reasoning and Related Topics with Professor Peter Ditto
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bob discusses motivated reasoning, the use of critical thinking to answer moral questions, and related topics with guest Peter Ditto, Professor of Psy...
#16-The Big Picture of Cognitive Science and Its Relation to Critical Thinking
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bob and Julia summarize, and discuss in broad terms, how current paradigms in cognitive science relate to the importance of using critical thinking in...
#15-New Approaches to Learning the Process of Critical Thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante
09 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode goes in depth about critical thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante, creator of the Critical Thinker Academy and Argument Ninja Academy...