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 important in crisis management such as the COVID pandemic. Dr. Howard is currently an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at New York University, Langone Health and the Chief of Neurology at Bellevue Hospital. And two of his books, Cognitive Errors and Diagnostic Mistakes and We Want Them Infected: How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID, provide foundation for this conversation.
#34-Some Math and Statistics Topics that Serve as Important Tools for Critical Thinkers-with Guest, John Allen Paulos
#33-Critical Thinking Involving Moral Issues with Guest, Philosophy Professor Benjamin Shaeffer
#32-A Discussion of Teaching, Learning and Practicing Critical Thinking with "Critical Thinking" textbook author Richard Parker
#31-Bob and Julia discuss skepticism, world views, the importance of critical thinking, and a bundle of other topics with guest George Hrab
#30-Bob and Julia discuss Tribalism and Polarization, Cultural Cognition, and preview topics and guests for future shows
#29-Skilled Intuition-the positive side of our fast thinking-with guest, Dr. Gary Klein
#28-Bob and Julia discuss the top 3 things they've learned from doing the show.
#27-The Importance of Understanding and Engaging in Rational Arguments-a conversation with Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
#26-Understanding Risk-Benefit Assessment-with Professor Daniel Cole
#25-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking-part 2
#24-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking
#23-Revisiting Critical Thinking a review of concepts and topics
#22-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking
#21-Having Civil Dialogues-part 3 (demonstration of civil dialogue)
#20-Having Civil Dialogues-part 2
#19-Having Civil Dialogues
#18-Critical Thinking About Moral Issues
#17-Motivated Reasoning and Related Topics with Professor Peter Ditto
#16-The Big Picture of Cognitive Science and Its Relation to Critical Thinking
#15-New Approaches to Learning the Process of Critical Thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante
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