Critical Thinking: Issues, Claims, Arguments

In this lecture and discussion from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses several fundamental concepts and how they are connected with each other. He also points out some misconceptions common among students approaching this material for the first time.

[GregoryBSadler]

It's the first lecture I videoed from my Critical Thinking class last semester -- first shot at lecture capture for us at FSU (where I was teaching then) -- so necessarily very basic stuff. We went on to shoot 23 more, and load them into FSU's institutional channel. Now, teaching elsewhere, I shoot them and load them into my channel

[SupremeKingSovereign]

This should be taught in preschool and every grade after it.

[caylynmillard]

These lectures should be on here forever.--claim. Good job man.

[Twistedhippy]

I watched these Lectures about 4 years ago and they're still the back bone of my Philosophical skill set.
Thank you.

[ernestweber]

This, in a more simple form, should be a part of the MEDIA LITERACY training that children need. Maybe 10th grade would be a good place to start introducing them to these concepts. It isn't any more difficult than math or science. If we had this in the curriculum two or three decades back, children and adults would be better prepared for the increasingly powerful techniques utilized by corporations and politicians to persuade them. Chomsky wrote about it in Manufacturing Consent.

Thanks for posting these. I felt like I was back in college. Excellent job.

[alamislahi]

I am from Delhi, India, I had the opportunity to listen to all your lectures. I congratulate you for touching on every aspect of Critical Think in a very nice and beautiful way and explaining it beautifully, which is not only gives an your idea of the grasp and information on the subject but also gives the method and style of explaining how to better explain even the most difficult subject. You have done a great favor to students like us by describing it in a simple and easy way. I pray to God for your health and safety.

[GregoryBSadler]

They are in order in my playlist, and in the order they were uploaded. As far as they go in other playlists, I can't speak to that

[fluxo_musical]

Thanks professor Sadler! Im from Brasil and here I have never had a class on Critical Thinking, even in college. Since I can understand english, I use It to learn philosophy through the internet, and your videos have become realy instructive and helpfull to me in that sense. I believe that Critical Thinking should be taught in brazilian schools (claim) because It seens to constitute a premise in order to understand philosophy and science's claims, wich are fundamental to a majority, If not all, of the curriculums of particular courses within universities and colleges. Again, thank you for the content, and congratulations for realizing that you should make it public.

[GregoryBSadler]

I'm glad you like them. I do have some shorter videos -- the Dr Sadler Chalk and Talk series. And, eventually, I'll be producing a whole new series of Critical Thinking videos, perhaps even an accompanying textbook. And, those videos will be shorter

[justsayin]

Thank you prof. I'm starting learning logic to prepare myself to test my philosophical and religeous views. This course will help me alot. Thanks alot ❤

[GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome -- thanks also ought to go to Suzanne Hesseltine, who actually did all of the work required to get these into YouTube

[algenr]

This was a great lecture. I can't wait to listen to the rest of them. So glad to have found these lectures.

[NychelleStephens]

Thank you. Just starting my academic journey and this is helpful.

[Jbwibo]

I have just learned about your videos. I must tell you this basically they are a service to society, to the world. I starting my 1st class in Philosophy in one of the top universities in Kenya, East Africa. You very clear and audiable. Your pace is exactly right. I thought I should add to the voices that are totally impressed by your approach being a new to philosophy.

[peaceandgeek]

Thank you for posting these! These have been incredibly helpful in my Critical Thinking course with Athabasca University!

[josephmaina]

I love every bit of this lecture. The bit on non-claims was especially helpful.

[GregoryBSadler]

Unfortunately, no. This was a lecture video for the CT class back in 2011, the last semester I taught for FSU, so the notes mentioned were for that class, and made available to the students in the course management system.

I will be creating some new CT courses in the next year or so, however, with a robust online presence, and lots of resources.

[GregoryBSadler]

Well -- to jump into this debate -- we're generally discussing anything whatsoever on the basis of a number of assumptions about what we already agree to in common, assumptions that can of course turn out to be unfounded, and then in turn call for some backing, possibly by an argument. I'd point out that one could -- and some people seem to -- demand justification for every single claim made, but this pretty much kills discussion between people. So, pragmatically, that demand would be a mistake

[mettakindness]

I’m really enjoying this lecture series. Great teacher!!!

[Kwintessential]

This is helping me in my Graduate program. Thank you.