Winchester Skeptics: "Reasoning Across Boundaries"

The Winchester Skeptics in the Pub (SitP) invites Basingstoke Science Cafe members to their regular monthly talks at the Winchester Club in Winchester.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT WINCHESTER SKEPTICS CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR WEB SITE.

https://www.hampshireskeptics.org/

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SitP Online: Every 4th Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm UK time on Twitch.

The Hampshire Skeptics Society is a non-profit organisation for the promotion of science, reason and critical thinking. We run the Winchester Skeptics in the Pub (SitP) group who meet at 7:00pm for 7:30pm on the 4th Wednesday of every month (November / December are often exceptions) at the Winchester Club (See FAQs for details).

Winchester SitP meetings are open to all regardless of beliefs and each month’s talk will be followed up with a challenging Q&A session.

We suggest a £5 donation to cover our speaker’s expenses. We also have a raffle just before the break so hang onto your ticket and you might win a great book!

SUMMARY
Today’s complex problems demand we think beyond disciplinary silos, employing nuanced, evidence-based reasoning across different fields. Effectively tackling issues like pandemics or climate change, and bridging societal divides, requires understanding how different groups argue from their distinct worldviews.

A core challenge is educating future generations with these skills.
The Oxford Argumentation in Religion and Science (OARS) project addresses this directly by facilitating collaboration between science and religious education teachers in schools. The project aimed to break down subject boundaries and explicitly teach students how to analyse and construct arguments both within and between these different domains – fostering critical thinking applicable far beyond the classroom.

This talk, drawing on this project and other research, explores why such interdisciplinary reasoning and perspective-taking are vital skills for innovation and navigating our shared future.

The doors open at 7.00pm, and the talk will begin at 7.30pm.