Critical Thinking

Introduction

Thinking in a critical and scientific manner has always been a foundational skill in philosophy, psychology, economics, mathematics, and political science. This course aims to provide each candidate with a basic understanding of how claims should be addressed and evaluated according to logical and scientific principles. The course provides a fundamental scientific education and concrete skills to better evaluate claims openly, critically, and scientifically. This way, candidates will be better equipped to navigate a business world characterized by both rationality and obvious unscientific thinking.

Course content

• What is rationality - and how rational are humans?
• Why our judgments often deviate from rational ideals
• Logic and critical thinking
• Probability and randomness
• Updating assumptions with new knowledge - Bayesian thinking
• Rational actor theory and expected utility
• Signal detection theory and Statistical Decision Theory
• Game theory
• Correlation and causation
• Common logical and statistical fallacies
• The importance of critical and scientific thinking in the future