CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Anchoring
[4:53] In this video, the cognitive scientist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the phenomenon of anchoring. …
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CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Alief
[3:59] In this video, the psychologist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the philosopher Tamar Gendler (Yale …
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How Logical Are You? (Psychology of Reasoning)
[9:58] So just how logical are you? This 4-card selection task developed by Peter Wason in 1963 will help you find out! Al…
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Arguments Against Personal Identity
[9:43] How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of …
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Why Do So Many People Believe In Conspiracy Theories?
[4:13] Have you ever felt unsatisfied with the explanation of a strange event? Find out why we often come up with and beli…
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Derren Brown: Talking To The Dead
[5:41] In this hugely uncomfortable climax to Messiah, Derren Brown skilfully convinces an audience that he has the ab…
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CRITICAL THINKING: Fundamentals – Bayes’ Theorem
[6:20] In this Wireless Philosophy video, Ian Olasov (CUNY) introduces Bayes’ Theorem of conditional probabi…
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Not all scientific studies are created equal
[4:26] Every day, we are bombarded by attention grabbing headlines that promise miracle cures to all of our ailments &#…
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What Do Con Artists and Religious Leaders Have in Common?
[4:54] Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova looks at the mechanisms of human nature that have allowed con artists, …
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Epistemology: Analyzing Knowledge #2 (No-False-Lemma and No-Defeater Approaches)
[9:01] If we can’t analyze knowledge simply as justified true belief, can we add one more ingredient to produce a succ…
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