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 presidential election in America—we are replaying core episodes with those themes. In this edition, you’ll hear an episode that we recorded with Stephen Hawkins, director of research at More in Common—a non-profit organization focused on understanding the forces driving us apart and working to bring us together to tackle our shared challenges.
#54-Perspectives of Human Cognition as Critical Thinking Tools and How to Prevent the Infocalypse
#53-Truth in Politics and the Pro-Truth Pledge-with Guest Tim Ward
#52-Demonstration of a step by step information vetting process
#51-The Nature of Truth-A Civil Dialogue between a Theist, an Agnostic and an Atheist
#50-Vetting Information Using Critical Thinking Skills
#49-Essential Knowledge About Critical Thinking-with Guest Jonathan Haber
#48-Countering Misinformation-with Guest John Cook
#47-Best Practices in Critical Thinking-with Guest Professor Emeritus Anthony Weston
#46-Critical Thinking in the Time of Crisis
#45-Music and the Arts Meet Critical Thinking and Science-Guest Baba Brinkman
#44-Interactive Resources for Sharpening your Critical Thinking Skills-with Guest Spencer Greenberg
#43-Critical Thinking and How Our Brain Constructs Reality
#42-False Beliefs in our Democracy-How they Spread and Persist-with Guest Cailin O'Connor
#41-Belief Formation, Influence of Beliefs on Reasoning, and Belief Change-with guest Michael Wolfe
#40-How Tribalism, Arrogance and Conviction Work Against Seeking Truth-with guest Michael Lynch
#39-Bob and Julia discuss the base rate fallacy, superforecasting, and regression to the mean
#38-Guest Professor Lee McIntyre discusses Science Denial, the Scientific Attitude and Related Topics
#37-Bob and Julia Discuss Claims, Conclusions, Opinions, Beliefs, Open-mindedness and the Skeptics Sniff Test
#36-Using and editing Wikipedia and the relationship of skepticism to critical thinking with guest, Susan Gerbic
#35-The Relationship of Critical Thinking to Cultural Cognition and Identity Protective Cognition with Guest John Gastil
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