Kevin deLaplante | 004 - The Classroom is My Dojo @PhilosophyFreak | Uploaded September 2016 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This is episode 004 of the Argument Ninja podcast!
In this episode I explore reasons why standard critical thinking textbooks say almost nothing about the psychology of human reasoning and persuasion, and push the martial arts analogy further.
- argumentation as rhetoric vs argumentation as tool for philosophical reasoning
- why Plato was so hard on the Sophists
- what it was like being socialized into philosophy as a student
- the martial arts training hall as a ritualized space
- why the philosophy classroom is like a dojo for training in the martial art of rational argumentation
- critical thinking texts as martial arts training manuals
- argumentation and the dream of universal reason
- why critical thinking needs both approaches to argumentation
Quotes:
“I can’t expect a stranger to honor the rules of rational argumentation any more than I can expect a guy strangling me in a street fight to automatically release his grip if I tap out.“
“We can’t make all of society our dojo, but we can teach techniques that can make us better prepared for life on the street. It’s time that critical thinking education did the same.”
For show notes, commentary, full transcripts, and to learn more about how to subscribe to the Argument Ninja podcast:
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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
You can support this podcast on Patreon:
patreon.com/kevindelaplante
This is episode 004 of the Argument Ninja podcast!
In this episode I explore reasons why standard critical thinking textbooks say almost nothing about the psychology of human reasoning and persuasion, and push the martial arts analogy further.
- argumentation as rhetoric vs argumentation as tool for philosophical reasoning
- why Plato was so hard on the Sophists
- what it was like being socialized into philosophy as a student
- the martial arts training hall as a ritualized space
- why the philosophy classroom is like a dojo for training in the martial art of rational argumentation
- critical thinking texts as martial arts training manuals
- argumentation and the dream of universal reason
- why critical thinking needs both approaches to argumentation
Quotes:
“I can’t expect a stranger to honor the rules of rational argumentation any more than I can expect a guy strangling me in a street fight to automatically release his grip if I tap out.“
“We can’t make all of society our dojo, but we can teach techniques that can make us better prepared for life on the street. It’s time that critical thinking education did the same.”
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
You can support this podcast on Patreon:
patreon.com/kevindelaplante
