Mindware
Critical Thinking for the Information Age
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Rating | 4.8★ based on 110 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 4 weeks of study; 3-4 hours/week |
Starts | Jul 3 (42 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | University of Michigan via Coursera |
Instructor | Richard E. Nisbett |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Science |
Tags | Social Sciences Life Sciences Personal Development Psychology |
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dr. nisbett
Thanks Dr. Nisbett.
Learning and applying the thinking skills and analytical tools outlined by Dr. Nisbett have a tremendous positive effect on how I look at things in both a business and personal situations.
Dr. Nisbett will quote many cases and examples to help you better understand many interesting concepts and phenomenons.
Thank you Dr. Nisbett and Coursera for providing this course.
Excellent course, the explanations by Dr. Nisbett were very clear and engaging.
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critical thinking
The pace of the course provides a comprehensive refresher of the fundamentals of critical thinking, logic, and reasoning.
It presents the matter of critical thinking in a pretty abstract away allowing to cover a lot of subjects while also presenting the most important aspects.
Critical Thinking.
Everyone should know the basics of the critical thinking especially in today's world when most of our decisions are influenced by news and social media.
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very helpful
Crisp and fun Well structured course and very helpful.
The course was very helpful to deal with the huge amount of unfiltered information in an appropriately critical way.
This course is very helpful for everyone all across the board.
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cognitive biases
The course helped me to think more clearly and avoid cognitive biases.
Explains basics of correlation, causation, std deviation, 5-6 cognitive biases and logical reasoning/thinking.
Being able to (begin to) see cognitive biases and errors daily--and realizing that everyone makes many--is enlightening and humbling.
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making decisions
It has changed my thinking and I hope to be able to use it in making decisions both at home as well as at work.
I'd recommend it to everyone as a basis to start evaluating your own ways of thinking, finding the flaws and creating new ways and healthier habits when making decisions.It's fully worth the time.
I recommend it to anyone who wants to be able to reason better and have more capabilities in making decisions.
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recommend it
I definitely recommend it to anyone!
I would recommend it to anyone who needs an intro to logical reasoning.
every day
It is a comprehensive review for those of us working with data every day.
I observed changes in my way of analyzing information in every day life.
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daily life
I think it's very helpful in daily life.
The professor is likable, the content is engaging and accessible, and the lessons are applicable to everyone's daily life in both personal and professional situations.
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well as
Certainly as many other individuals, I aspire to become wiser in order to make better decisions, both in my personal life as well as in my workplace.
The knowledge gained through this course can be applied to academic as well as personal life which is very impressive about this course.
my first
It's my first course I've completed so far, and I admit I just scratched the surface.
This was my first Coursera course, and I am happy that I came across it when I was planning on reading the book "Mindware" anyway.
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Rating | 4.8★ based on 110 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 4 weeks of study; 3-4 hours/week |
Starts | Jul 3 (42 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | University of Michigan via Coursera |
Instructor | Richard E. Nisbett |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Science |
Tags | Social Sciences Life Sciences Personal Development Psychology |
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