Category: critical thinking

Keith’s Conundrums: A Metapuzzle

Keith’s Conundrums: Three Classic Paradoxes

Fact Checking: Not The Only Weapon in the Critical Thinking Toolbox

CSICON 2022: Now Is the Time for Skeptics to Shine

Keith’s Conundrums: Conventions

Events in September 2022

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

7:00 pm: Living Without Religion VIRTUAL EDITION (monthly)

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West

9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors

August 29, 2022September 8, 2022 Critical Links 1 Comment

Examining three classic paradoxes

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July 29, 2022August 1, 2022 Critical Links 3 Comments

Examining three classic paradoxes

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July 29, 2022August 1, 2022 Critical Links 2 Comments

Often the story may be true, but thinking critically about the situation may put a new spin on age-old biases.

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July 27, 2022August 1, 2022 Critical Links No Comments

It’s finally time for CSICon 2022, October 20 to 23

Announcement, critical links, critical thinking, skeptics

June 28, 2022August 1, 2022 Critical Links 2 Comments

Examining possibles

critical links, critical thinking, philosophy

3 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 3, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

7 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 7, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

10 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 10, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

14 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 14, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

15 7:00 pm: Living Without Religion VIRTUAL EDITION (monthly) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm September 15, 2022 Have you given up your faith? Maybe you never had faith. Has your newfound or longstanding lack of faith been the source of difficulties? Has your lack of faith created conflicts with family? Friends? Neighbors? Coworkers? Why not take part in a discussion group where you can get things off your chest? No higher powers, no dogma. Just free expression, empathy, understanding, without judgment. We’re here for you. We are Living Without Religion, and you can too. This monthly recurring CFI Canada Virtual branch Meetup is hosted by Edan Tasca More information Read more

17 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 17, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

21 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 21, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more

24 9:00 am: Video Series: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors 9:00 am – 11:00 am September 24, 2022 This Coursera online course traces the origins of philosophy in the Western tradition in the thinkers of Ancient Greece. We begin with the Presocratic natural philosophers who were active in Ionia in the 6th century BCE and are also credited with being the first scientists. hales, Anaximander, and Anaximines made bold proposals about the ultimate constituents of reality, while Heraclitus insisted that there is an underlying order to the changing world. Parmenides of Elea formulated a powerful objection to all these proposals, while later Greek theorists (such as Anaxagoras and the atomist Democritus) attempted to answer that objection. In fifth-century Athens, Socrates insisted on the importance of the fundamental ethical question, “How shall I live?” and his pupil, Plato, and Plato’s pupil, Aristotle, developed elaborate philosophical systems to explain the nature of reality, knowledge, and human happiness. This course can be found at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aristotle https://www.meetup.com/centre-for-inquiry-canada-virtual-branch/ More information Read more

28 6:30 pm: ONLINE Secular Community Network - Hosted by SCN Ottawa West 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm September 28, 2022 Every Wednesday evening, the Secular Community Network of CFIC Ottawa will host lightly moderated informal discussions on topics of interest to freethinkers, humanists, and to others who are secular. Virtual More information Read more