The Art of Clear Thinking
Like Duolingo, but for The Art of Clear Thinking. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 9 levels across 2 sections, about 18 minutes end to end, roughly 4 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Building and Breaking Arguments and The Logic Engine. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in The Art of Clear Thinking
- An argument requires a claim (conclusion) and evidence (premises)
- Premises act as the foundation or support
- Stating a contrary opinion without support is not an argument
- The conclusion is the 'destination' of the logic
- Arguments are structured to persuade through reasoning
- The relationship between the two is what creates the argument's structure
- Distinguishing between a logical argument and a mere disagreement
- Identifying the functional roles of premises and conclusions
- Validity only measures if the conclusion follows from the premises
- A valid structure ensures that IF the premises were true, the conclusion would have to be true
- Logic can be applied to hypothetical or fictional scenarios
- An argument can have a perfect logical flow (validity) but be based on false information
- A 'sound' argument requires both a valid structure and true premises
- Most everyday arguments leave out 'obvious' steps that are necessary for the logic to work
- Hidden premises are the unstated beliefs that connect a reason to a claim
- An argument can have a perfect logical flow but be based on false information
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives The Art of Clear Thinking the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
In the story of an argument, what role do the 'premises' play for the main point?
Get it right to open this lesson and 8 more in the app.
Where The Art of Clear Thinking takes you
Learn to spot flaws in any argument and build your own bulletproof cases using the fundamental tools of logic.
- 1
Building and Breaking Arguments
- The Anatomy of an Argument
- Spotting Common Thinking Traps
- 2
The Logic Engine
- Deduction vs. Induction
2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
The Art of Clear Thinking is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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