Thinking Clearly

In his new book “Think Again-How to Reason and Argue”, Duke University Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong says: “The lev... Read more

This episode goes in depth about critical thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante, creator of the Critical Thinker Acad... Read more

When we’re compelled to explain how something works, including political issues and policies, we are forced to confront ... Read more

Bob discusses motivated reasoning, the use of critical thinking to answer moral questions, and related topics with guest... Read more

In this episode Bob and Julia discuss a variety of critical thinking mini-topics, including the skill of being able to i... Read more

The words "tribalism" and "polarization" have become commonplace when describing recent sociopolitical trends in America... Read more

Bob and Julia discuss the "is"/"ought" distinction and the process of recognizing and analyzing arguments that contain m... Read more

The concepts of frames and narratives, which can be used to manipulate beliefs and opinions, are described with the help... Read more

This New Year edition of "Thinking Clearly" taps into the humor, good nature, and deep thinking of musician, song writer... Read more

With incivility on the rise in the U.S., this episode focuses on the importance of and methods for having civil dialogue... Read more

Critical thinking encompasses a wide variety of concepts and related topics. This episode reviews the high points of wha... Read more

Topics, with guest Dr. Steven Novella, range from the importance of critical thinking in general, to a discussion of the... Read more

This episode with guest Benjamin Shaffer, Professor of Philosophy from Humboldt State University, features a discussion ... Read more

The vulnerabilities in our quick, intuitive judgments, including the many biases that may mislead us, have been extensiv... Read more

Have you ever wondered why some people have such different opinions than you on certain hot button issues; for example: ... Read more

In this episode, Bob and Julia unpack the construct of worldview, discuss its relevance to critical thinking and demonst... Read more

Bob and Julia go deeper into the topic of tribalism and polarization, using audio clips from several different sources t... Read more

Bob and Julia discuss the nature of skepticism and its relationship to critical thinking and the nuts and bolts of using... Read more

Richard Parker, Professor Emeritus of philosophy at California State University, Chico and co-author of the textbook: "C... Read more

Critical thinkers are often faced with trying to evaluate arguments regarding political policies or various technologies... Read more