Think For Yourself: Rule 1 Identify Premises and Conclusion

In this video, Professor Thorsby introduces the idea of thinking for yourself and the first rule of argumentation - differentiating the premises from the conclusion.

[jannieschluter]

you should think for yourself because there is nobody else to be blamed for your thoughts and actions but yourself.

[bobirnasimov]

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[midnight]

If the voice of reason is not executed in the most precise of ways it is often perceived as that coming from the devil.

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[nsxproperties]

What is a more difficult course, into to critical thinking or intro to logic?

[Kwintessential]

When I think of the conclusion, I think about the goal or the end game.

[fristianjaku]

Is first principles dialectic dructive the way elon musk approach at the battery packs ?

[apextroll]

Ask the right question, get a right answer.

[Kwintessential]

Often you must let a person know that you are explaining a point that was made versus arguing the validity of a point.

[thinkingthingphilosophy]

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