035 - Updates and a Street Epistemology Interview
Release Date: 04/17/2019
038 - Tribal Literacy and Emotional Intelligence
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I share the audio from an interview I did with Brittney-Nichole Connor-Savarda for her for a new podcast, Living and Leading with Emotional Intelligence.
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037 - 3 Honest Updates: On Failure, Living With a Stutter, and Accepting My Comfort Zone
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk openly about why this is the first new episode I've produced in 7 months, and the lessons I'm learning as a life-long stutterer.
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036 - Understanding Complex Social Phenomena: More Theories of the Causes of Social Polarization
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the difficulty of judging how much we really understand about the causes of complex social phenomena.
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035 - Updates and a Street Epistemology Interview
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On episode 035 of the Argument Ninja podcast I share updates on new course development over at kevindelaplante.com, and I share both the audio and the video of a one-hour interview I did with the hosts of the Epistemic podcast, which focuses on "street epistemology".
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034 - Understanding the Causes of Polarization (Part 1): Depolarization Initiatives
The Argument Ninja Podcast
In episode 024 of the Argument Ninja Podcast I'm starting a series of episodes that will explore different models of the causes of social and political polarization, and introduce some general principles for thinking critically about complex social phenomena like polarization.
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033 - Critical Thinking About Conspiracies
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja Podcast I'm presenting edited versions of last three episodes of my first podcast show that I produced in 2010-11. These were the last episodes I produced of that podcast series, and I discuss why in the introduction.
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032 - When Tribalism Becomes Pathological
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I share the audio for the three videos I recently produced on Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics. It was designed as one long video presenting one long argument, so the audio works well in this continuous format.
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031 - New Cartoon Videos Plus a Fall 2018 Update
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the three new videos I recently produced on Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics, and I give an update on what's been keeping me busy this fall.
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030 - Behind the Scenes of My New Video Course
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode I talk about the genesis of my new video course, "The Vocabulary of Science: First Steps to Science Literacy", and my decision to start producing the Argument Ninja podcast in both audio and video formats.
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029 - How to Raise a Critical Thinker
The Argument Ninja Podcast
On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I talk about the importance of critical thinking education for kids and teens, and what parents can do to help their kids become better critical thinkers.
info_outlineOn episode 035 of the Argument Ninja podcast I share updates on new course development over at kevindelaplante.com, and I share both the audio and the video of a one-hour interview I did with the hosts of the Epistemic podcast, which focuses on "street epistemology".
Click to view the video interview on YouTube
(full URL: https://youtu.be/rHQYHUksJFk)
Timestamps:
0:56 - Topics discussed in the interview
2:15 - New courses in development on kevindelaplante.com
4:37 - How I'm pitching the new courses
5:12 - First course: Become an Argument Ninja
5:43 - Second course: How to Build a Good Argument (Argument and Reason)
6:11 - Third course: How to Know What You're Talking About (Argument and Knowledge)
7:00 - Fourth course: How to Be Understood (Argument and Communication)
7:32 - Fifth course: How to Win Over Your Audience (Argument and Persuasion)
8:52 - Introducing the interview, "street epistemology", and the hosts
11:57 - Critical thinking versus rational persuasion
13:19 - Two approaches to argumentation
16:34 - Why philosophers are suspicious of rhetoric
17:20 - How I was teaching critical thinking back when I was a university professor
17:33 - Origins of the "critical thinking movement" in higher education
21:12 - Jonathan Haidt's "Elephant and the Rider" model
23:54 - My "core belief network" model for helping strategize conversations
29:50 - The virtues of simplicity and clarity
32:05 - The culture of "smartness" in academia
34:49 - Viewing rational persuasion as a martial art
40:49 - Are there some people who should not be given training in these tools?
43:30 - Why critical thinking has a bad name in some circles
47:25 - Is the term "critical thinking" useful if everyone is willing to claim it?
51:21 - When the critical thinking label becomes politicized
51:53 - Why I avoid talking about my personal views on polarized topics
54:26 - Critical thinking, tribalism and polarization
01:01:35 - Keep your core small
01:01:35 - Is street epistemology part of a "mixed martial arts" approach to critical thinking?
01:08:14 - Can scientists do better at communicating with the public?
Links:
My promo video for the new Argument Ninja courses
The Critical Thinking Movement in higher education (historical overview)