Critical thinking skills are like tools in a toolbox. To use them effectively you need to understand what tools are appropriate for the job, and how to use them. What tools should go in your critical thinking toolbox? This is the Critical Thinking A...

In this episode we examine a common misconception about critical thinking. It's the idea that the only way to improve our critical thinking skills is by focusing attention on our conscious reasoning processes. What science is telling us about human rat...

One of the aims of critical thinking is to improve the quality of our beliefs, judgments and decisions. But what is a belief? What is a judgment? What is a decision? In this episode we explore these foundational concepts for critical thinking, and what...

What does it mean to think critically about science? To answer that question, we first have to have some idea of what it means to think critically about ANYTHING. This is the Critical Thinking About Science podcast. I'm your host, Kevin deLaplante....

This is episode 3 of the Critical Thinking About Science podcast. I'm your host, Kevin deLaplante, and in this episode I make a contentious claim. I argue that even people with advanced formal training in science are often, for all practical purposes, ...

Welcome to episode 2 of the Critical Thinking About Science podcast! In this episode I introduce the concept of "science literacy" by framing it within the larger question of what we think our political representatives should know about science. ...

Welcome to the first episode of the Critical Thinking About Science podcast! My name is Kevin deLaplante, and I'm a philosopher of science and creator of the Critical Thinker Academy, a website that offers free video tutorials on topics related to c...