by Albert Major
Critical and Scientific Thinking
Amos Tversky - “studied natural stupidity” - worked on the way humans reason // revolutionalisezd the field
What is Critical thinking ?
- What systematic reasoning errors do we make?
- What are the consequences of bad reasoning
- How can we improve our thinking
Reasoning error example:
- Gamblers fallacy - Mistakenly believing that an event is less likely to happen based on previous independent events
What is the philosophy of science?
Central question: What is science?
What is philosophy?
Philosophy is a way of thinking: