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Critical Thinking Amsterdam

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What we’re about

Critical thinking skills are more important now than ever before. We have a world of information at our finger tips and yet, the majority of us still fail to dig a bit deeper to get to the "truth". We fall prey to our own biases, make assumptions without realising and commit logical fallacies.

This group is to help us sharpen our critical thinking skills, so that we hone our BS detectors and not let anyone pull the wool over our eyes.

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The Socratic method
Sat, Jan 24 · 1:00 PM CET
OBA Centraal, Oosterdokskade 143, Amsterdam, NL
In this session we will discuss how the socratic method can help us to become better critical thinkers.

We will specifically be talking about the first 5 minutes of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5EPymcWp-g
(note, we will not be watching the video during the session, so please watch the first 5 minutes before coming to the session)

We will be covering:
1. definitions
2. assumptions
3. biases

And if we have enough time, logical fallacies.

At the end of the session we should be able to view such films through a critical lens.

What to expect:
13:00 - introductions
13:05 - begin our discussion
14:45 - reflection and close

This will NOT be a lecture, but a collaborative experience where we discuss the common pitfalls we all fall into during discussions or when we see something on media.
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