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The Philosopher's Toolkit
The Great Courses
2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 1.4
A Great Courses lecture series, distributed as an audiobook on Audible, that teaches mental models and tools for evaluating arguments, such as identifying valid and sound arguments and using heuristics to solve problems. It is aimed at general listeners rather than specialists.
Commenters say it explains the concepts behind each model clearly and is easy to understand for someone with no prior philosophy background.
Humanities & Social Sciencebeginnerpaidvideo lectures#logic#critical thinking#argument analysis#heuristics#philosophy
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It's not necessarily a book, but I can recommend "The Philosopher's Toolkit: How to Be the Most Rational Person in Any Room", by the Great Courses on Audible.
I decided to get it with a remaining Audible credit I had, and found it to be informative and easy to understand for someone without any previous experience in philosophy. It also comes with a 200-page PDF guidebook that includes the bulk of the content and follows along with the lectures. I think it's easier to digest then just reading through a traditional book as well.
I recommend an audiobook course from Audible called
The Philosophers Toolkit: How to be the most rational person in any room by The Great Courses https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Philosophers-Toolkit-How-to-B...
It teaches you mental models on how to think and find a solution to a problem. It explains the concepts behind each model quite well.
Topics include how to determine a valid argument, an iron clad argument, using heuristics to solve problems, among other things.
My only gripe with the course I linked is that it is an audio version of what seems to be a video version on the Great Courses website. You might want to check that out too.