thinkCRITICALLY
A SUITE OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO
BUILD PRECISE CRITICAL THINKERS
PROGRAM MENU
FUNDAMENTALS COURSE
thinkARGUMENTS is a five-hour course designed to help students master a deep set of skills needed for academic success.
Used in courses and academic programs big and small, thinkARGUMENTS is flexibly designed to meet each student at their starting skillset.
Optional advanced content synthesizes the skills and tackles more complex arguments from academia and policy.
PUZZLE GAME
Learning reasoning skills is one thing; sustaining them is another. Maintaining skills requires continued, iterative practice.
In thinkPUZZLES students reason through rapid-fire puzzles about current events with fresh content added monthly.
Together, thinkARGUMENTS and thinkPUZZLES build and sustain a core set of skills students need for college coursework.
FACULTY SUMMER PROGRAM
Considering rolling out thinkARGUMENTS or thinkPUZZLES in the courses you teach or programs you run?
Join thinkLAB, our summer program for faculty and leadership. Hear from instructors currently using our materials at a variety of institutions across the US and globe.
OUR TOOLS
SYSTEMATIC EMPATHY
Habits of mind needed to slow down, listen, and ask questions for accuracy. Through Systematic Empathy, opponents understand the thinking behind each other's views.
ARGUMENT MAPPING
Visually illuminates the structure of reasoning. Through Argument Mapping, participants uncover logical errors, unstated assumptions, as well as points of connection.
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ABOUT US
thinkCULTURE is offered by ThinkerAnalytix, a non-profit organization spun out of the Harvard University Department of Philosophy. Why philosophy? For philosophers, disagreement is expected, even invited, to tackle seemingly intractable problems. History shows that progress happens through disagreement that is inquisitive, respectful, and fearless.
We leverage thousands of years of tools from philosophy and custom technology to offer a portfolio of programs that teach productive disagreement as an essential part of learning and working communities.
