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This is episode 001 of the Argument Ninja podcast!
- Welcome and introduction to the show.
- What has drawn me out of podcast retirement to start a new show.
- Recent political commentary and skepticism about reason
- Scott Adams on Trump as a “master persuader”
- Is it naive to hold politicians accountable to standards of good reasoning?
- How do we integrate facts about human psychology with ideals of critical thinking?
- Why we need a theory of rational persuasion, and not just rational argumentation.
- What would rational persuasion look like if we thought of it as a martial art?
Quote:
“In this podcast I’m going to teach you what I know about logic and argumentation and ideals of rationality, and I’m going to teach you what I know about the psychology of persuasion and influence.
And along the way I’m going to try to uncover some techniques and principles for integrating these two bodies of knowledge, to make something more powerful, more effective, and more worthy of our human capacities, than either is separately.”
For show notes, commentary, full transcripts, and to learn more about how to subscribe to the Argument Ninja podcast:
argumentninja.com
Learn more about the Critical Thinker Academy:
criticalthinkeracademy.com
Learn more about Kevin deLaplante:
kevindelaplante.com
Follow Kevin on Facebook:
facebook.com/CriticalThnkerAcademy
Follow Kevin on Twitter:
twitter.com/kevindelaplante
This is episode 001 of the Argument Ninja podcast!
- Welcome and introduction to the show.
- What has drawn me out of podcast retirement to start a new show.
- Recent political commentary and skepticism about reason
- Scott Adams on Trump as a “master persuader”
- Is it naive to hold politicians accountable to standards of good reasoning?
- How do we integrate facts about human psychology with ideals of critical thinking?
- Why we need a theory of rational persuasion, and not just rational argumentation.
- What would rational persuasion look like if we thought of it as a martial art?
Quote:
“In this podcast I’m going to teach you what I know about logic and argumentation and ideals of rationality, and I’m going to teach you what I know about the psychology of persuasion and influence.
And along the way I’m going to try to uncover some techniques and principles for integrating these two bodies of knowledge, to make something more powerful, more effective, and more worthy of our human capacities, than either is separately.”
For show notes, commentary, full transcripts, and to learn more about how to subscribe to the Argument Ninja podcast:
argumentninja.com
Learn more about the Critical Thinker Academy:
criticalthinkeracademy.com
Learn more about Kevin deLaplante:
kevindelaplante.com
Follow Kevin on Facebook:
facebook.com/CriticalThnkerAcademy
Follow Kevin on Twitter:
twitter.com/kevindelaplante
