How to Think Logically

Thinking logically can be tough for anyone. In this video I give my best advice for how to begin thinking more logically. The two easies steps are to 1. write down your thoughts and 2. start studying logic so you can evaluate your thoughts. In this video I give practical tips for how you can go about accomplishing steps 1&2 and I also give you some intro, moderate, and advanced logic book recommendations for you check out on your own journey to think logically.

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0:00 - Two Practical Steps to Thinking Logically
2:18 - What is Logic? (Definitions)
4:24 - The Classical Laws of Logic
6:56 - The Foundations of Logic
9:20 - Brilliant Logic Course
10:27 - Beginner Book Recommendations
11:20 - Intermediate Logic Text Books
12:28 - Advanced Logic Books
13:08 - Philosophy of Logic Books
14:19 - 3 Notebooks to Help You Study Logic

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[Onkruid]

Hello Mr Parknotes. My "I need to learn how to think again' video was heavily, heavily inspired by you and your channel. Thank you for inspiring me and many others!

[aloko.]

00:02 Thinking logically involves writing down and analyzing your thoughts.
01:50 Write down your thoughts and start studying logic to evaluate them
03:48 Logic is a skill, science, and art of analyzing arguments.
05:48 Classical laws of logic explained
07:44 Logical laws are grounded in the mind of God
09:36 Brilliant offers interactive learning in math, data science, computer science, and logic.
11:34 Recommended logic books and resources.
13:26 Recommendations for books on philosophy of logic
15:22 Studying different forms of arguments and their names can help you think more logically.

[austincorbett]

I really appreciate you showed your notebooks and that they are very raw. It feels like everyone's journals on youtube are so clean and refined. Yours are so practical and just there for you. I love it!

[WardofSquid]

This was infinitely useful. Thank you brother.

[onurozen]

I'm really considering to pursue philosophy of logic as an hobby. Thanks for the classification of the books.

[ahomosapien]

I don't know how I got here dude, it's currently 5 AM in India but YouTube recommendations do sometimes find you things one's been looking for. Nice vid, thanks for the book recommendations, and yeah you got a new sub

[alonehobo]

Finally, someone mentioned The Art of Reasoning by David Kelley as the go-to textbook for learning logic. I read many textbooks on logic and this is THE one that explains logical concepts in the most digestible manner.

[hitesh]

I started writing down my problems that I couldn’t evaluate the decisions to take on I would write down a topic then would provide arguments and counter arguments Very good

[oliviajoyryan_]

I took an introductory logic class this past semester and discovered how much I love it. I've been wanting to learn more about logic and philosophy and ever since I found your channel, that has been easy. I love how you included book recs, that will be very useful! Thanks for being such a valuable resource for my journey of learning and for making great videos!

[awesomefrends]

Love this video!
I would love to see a video on notetaking- specifically how much time you dedicate to taking notes, when in the reading process you take notes, how often you should review them etc.
Keep up the good work

[Doctor.T.]

I really appreciate your videos. Not just about what to study, but how to do it. Anyone reading philosophy at any level will benefit from listening to you. Thank you my friend. As I've said before, I look forward to celebrating with you when you get your PhD.

[victorzega]

Hi! I've just watched a bunch of your videos and it'd be cool to see how you practically apply the lessons you've learnt from philosophy in your life. This can include relationships with friends and family, professionally, living a physically healthy life, whatever you want! Thanks!

[kingofcelts]

A YouTube video that's actually worth watching. Super informative and straightforward..

[amriteshmaitra]

This video of yours (and your other ones as well are) is a good starting point to pursue a discipline for non-domain people. Thank you for your inputs.

Can you share your thoughts on organising different abstract topics and discovering the connections between diverse areas? It would be helpful if you could focus on how we can collate our knowledge in Wikipedia form (as in a hyperlinked environment)? Several times I have found there is a repetition of themes among diverse areas, yet it is very difficult to lay them out succinctly.

[hallo]

Life according to reason is best and pleasantest since reason more than anything else is man. This life therefore is also the happiest - Nicomachean Ethics book 10

I'm just getting into philosophy but I've exposed myself to scripture writings more, mainly the Bible and I see similarity in 1 John - 1:14 with the quote above even though Aristotle came way before Jesus.

Thank you for the book recommendations and I can't wait to learn more 🤔

[klosnj]

I should really look into learning how to write using the established logic syntax and symbols. I am a big believer that having access to a system of encoding gives our brain the ability to compress concepts into fast and easy bits, allowing for us to process things using those concepts with ease. Not having that encoding hinders my ability to thing with a more pure logic.

[therealal]

Love the unbiased video man. Presenting both Christian and non-Christian authors.

[kellarkenderson]

I've always wanted to understand how can I be smarter and logical, I appreciate you gave these tips sir.
Have a nice day 👍🏻👍🏻

[Franchfrench]

I do a lot of formal study, programming, language learning, psychology.... I can't invest much time in studying philosophy a lot .But I want to read philosophy. This year is soon to end . I want to read some but good books on philosophy. Focused on knowing thyself and increasing my knowledge on different philosophies.
What are the best 5-7 books you recommend for me ?

[PsychoticAnarchist]

This channel has inspired me to actually sit down and figure out what I believe and why. Thanks man, you seem pretty cool!