Advice Column
Jun
27
Starting next week, the doctor is in! I’m teaming up with The Wall Street Journal to offer answers to readers’ questions sent to IdeasMarket@wsj.com. Whether it’s about family matters, work conundrums, in-law issues, or where to take your next vacation, I’m happy to have the chance to let you sprawl out on my e-couch and provide some (hopefully useful) advice. And it won’t cost you a dime. Or a nickel.
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I regularly teach a “baby logic” course at my university which begins with a short “critical reasoning” section. In it, instead of the traditional material on the classic informal fallacies–ad hominum, ad populum, whatever–I do such things as the paradox of choice, the Linda problem, implicit bias (and I have them take the online test) and such–the REAL fallacies. I’d be interested in suggestions for additional material.
In addition, I have an Ambition. My university requires logic so we teach multiple sections. We’re also committed to interdisciplinary work. I’d like to put together an interdisciplinary project, involving philosophy (my field), psych, econ and other relevant disciplines to develop a for real curriculum for “critical reasoning.”
I’d welcome any discussion with others who are involved in the kind of project I’ve indicated–a critical reasoning curriculum/textbook growing out of recent work in behavioral economics.
I hope to see your Q and A column posted on your blog. bd
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