(01) Dojo Community Meetings - Video Archive
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Introduction

About the Dojo Community Video Chats
Meeting #1 (Oct 19, 2019)

Key Takeaways From This Meeting
Introductory Discussion
Presentation Part 1: A Holistic, Interdisciplinary Approach to Critical Thinking
Presentation Part 2: Logical, Dialectical and Rhetorical Traditions of Argumentation
Presentation Part 3: Communication and Argumentation as Speech Acts
Presentation Part 4: The Importance of Knowledge for Critical Thinking
Presentation Part 5: The Influence of the Martial Arts Metaphor
Discussion: Is the Martial Arts Metaphor Too Loaded with the Wrong Associations?
Meeting #3 (Nov 23, 2019)

Key Takeaways From This Meeting
Greetings, Our Goals, Why I Made the Video, and a Book Recommendation
Boghossian, the Hoax Papers and "Grievance Studies"
Enlightenment, Post-Enlightenment and Postmodern
Why Defending Science Doesn't Require a Realist Philosophy of Science
Scientific Argumentation versus Scientific Methodology
Alternatives to the Correspondence Theory of Truth
Meeting #4 (Dec 15, 2019)

Overview and Takeaways
Discussion Topics

Why Defending Science Doesn't Require a Realist Philosophy of Science

Why a defense of science doesn't require a commitment to realism (or any particular metaphysics) (5:25)

Helmut's comments on "empiricism" (2:57)

Three senses of "empiricism" that need to be distinguished (14:16)

Instrumentalism and Operationalism as Forms of Empiricism (3:15)

What were the "science wars"? (5:40)