CRITICAL THINKING - Fundamentals: Introduction to Critical Thinking [HD]

Geoff Pynn (Northern Illinois University) gets you started on the critical thinking journey. He tells you what critical thinking is, what an argument is, and what the difference between a deductive and an ampliative argument is.

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[ComradeStiv]

Dear YouTube algorithm gods: Please recommend this series to every American, every day, all day, indefinitely. Immediately. Cheers.

[toddmichaeljohnson]

I graduated from NIU in 2003.

Now in 2021, I’m learning to appreciate the concept of critical thinking ♥️

[jeanettecook]

Imagine having to teach critical thinking via YouTube. What has happened to our educational system? This is a fundamental skill! Good video.

[phillipchavez]

Notes📝
1:53 What is Critical Thinking?
2:43 Why does [it] matter?

[brinjeffrsn]

Human communication seems solely an exercise in persuasion based significantly on how we identify. Some people like to feel right, some people like to be the ones who decide, some people are conditioned to be contrarian, some people need others to see them in a certain light, others need to be liked, others want to be silly or add comic relief if they're uncomfortable, others want to connect and all of these motives mostly de-prioritize an accurate explanation of what occurs for emphasis on the way each conversationalist feels about another person or other people in their conversation.

[elaver]

I sincerely want to congratulate this skilled lecturer. I really like the straight and short manner his presents Critical Thinking. It's very close to The New Rational Mind of Bachelard. So many people around us, and among them numerous high rank managers, suffer of egocentric and sociocentric pathology. They lean more on assumptions, prejudices and feelings than facts.

[marilynguzman]

i like how such simple daily human interactions we do everyday are being more closely evaluated and understood. why we do the things we do, or why we think the way we do. its not necessarily about whats right and wrong, but also looking at the interaction from an outside perspective

[nyeinkaythwe]

I am learning Critical Thinking in Business subject, which is included in my MBA journey. This video is really helpful for me. I can learn about critical thinking and argument. My favorite part of this video is about the two facts of argument, deductive and ampliative. I am clear about those two facts now. Thank you so much Geoff Pynn.

[Sambaboy]

"distinguish between good and bad reasons for 'believing' something" but emotions are fast and logic is slow - that's the challenge

[hi.moriarty]

Thank you - Your resulting diagram looks like the inside of my head. It's a comfort to know that there are other people who think visually as messy as I do and can still make sense at the end of it all. I appreciate the way you presented.

[DrWHO-jvqi]

Ampliative arguments are used when there is no way for you to gather enough information for a deductive argument. This was just the video I was looking for. Thank you

[FDJUwe]

Very interesting. Most people use ampliative arguments as if they were deductive...

[AbudaamHD]

Plot twist: Monty shows up to the party.

[FreeGoeland]

Thanks, I wish you'd have been there through my college years...

[patrogers]

I enjoyed this. It was very clear and makes me want to continue reading further lectures. However, I am deaf and rely on subtitles and was so distracted by the constant drawing hand that I had difficult processing the arguments.

[marilynguzman]

this broadens the word "argument" to not just be defined as a debate on who is correct over a situation. but looking at the word argument more SIMPLY and raw. because we are people with brains and have the ability to think and elaborate whenever a statement is made, whether it be by us or others. we always think of reasons we might be skeptical or what proof or evidence gives us the reason to believe the argument aka statement is true.

[MrKadvaga]

If the girl confidently lists her dislike of Monty as a reason that he won't be appearing, is it inductive reasoning to believe that she is in fact in charge of who is invited?

[random]

Sometimes I wonder how great it would be for me to be able to make people understand the benefits of critical thinking. Your video does exactly that, thanks!

[jaysinger]

The black background in the drawings was a welcome choice.

[RichardChappell]

It's a tough go when the first thing in the video gives an incorrect definition. Or more accurately, an incomplete definition. Critical thinking includes making sure you have good reasons for your beliefs, but that's not all critical thinking is. Fundamentally, it's using reason, rationality and an unbiased apporach to analyze information, typically to make decisions with.