Nancy Burkhalter

“When Should We Argue?”

Ethics of Argumentation is presenting the first talk of 2026, “When Should We Argue?”by Neil Levy on Friday, January 9, 1pm ET. Sounds pretty interesting. Go to this link to listen live.: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuleth.zoom.us%2Fj%2F97510128232&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb40f39d0a8d545e0dbca08de4d70bbbd%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639033343815270714%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FKm6E%2BRBClnn5TIBC7n3tuyw31Gg4Xni2XZbjGHjlNE%3D&reserved=0 You can go to this link to see past talks, including this one if you miss it: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.argnet.org%2Fethics-of-arg&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb40f39d0a8d545e0dbca08de4d70bbbd%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639033343815245483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KL7K1e6KWsoz7lkEQ6VSiCpWK7V5gmE6tvDlKtid1bk%3D&reserved=0

My Article in New Issue of Skeptical Inquirer

The new Nov/Dec issue of Skeptical Inquirer (http://bit.ly/3Jv4tKU) has my article, “Teaching Critical Thinking in Authoritarian Cultures” (p. 8). While most articles are free, not all are available to nonsubscribers. Unfortunately, mine is one of them. But check out the rest of the magazine for some great reading you won’t find elsewhere. A subscription isContinue reading “My Article in New Issue of Skeptical Inquirer”

Lecture on Argument Mapping as a Game

The Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinkingis thrilled to announce the next session of: The AILACT Speakers Forum November 21, 11:00 US Eastern Time Please note this special date!Zoom Link:https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/7153464115 Better Disagreement through Simplified Argument Mapping Disguised as a Game Steve Franconeri Professor Continue reading “Lecture on Argument Mapping as a Game”

Hear From an Expert on AI August 1 (1pm ET)

“I’d Rather Talk to an AI”: Examining the Moral Risks of Outsourcing Belief Revision to ChatGPT Presented by Martina Orlandi, Assistant Professor in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Program at Trent University Durham, Canada. Convincing people that their beliefs are unwarranted is a notoriously challenging task. Granted that nobody enjoys being lectured, the culprit is that individuals oftenContinue reading “Hear From an Expert on AI August 1 (1pm ET)”

So You Like to Argue? Here’s Your Chance

Call for Abstracts – Arguing for Sport Formal debate has been a staple of fostering competency in critical thinking since … well, Plato’s time at least. By now, there are dozens of styles, with varying degrees of adversariality, conditions for winning and topical constraints. To many students, debate was a life-changing experience that had aContinue reading “So You Like to Argue? Here’s Your Chance”

July 4th lecture 1pm ET by Christoph Lumer

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lumer will speak about A Welfare Ethics of Argumentation. Christoph Lumer is a full professor of moral philosophy at the University of Siena. He received his doctorate from the University of Münster (Germany), was a researcher and then associate professor of philosophy at the University of Osnabrück (Germany); since 2002 he has beenContinue reading “July 4th lecture 1pm ET by Christoph Lumer”

“Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation”

Save 7pm ET June 28, 2025, to watch Professor Sander van der Linden as he describes the lab and field studies into the process called “prebunking,” which van der Linden says helps people cultivate cognitive antibodies in both simulated and real social media environments. He’ll also detail several interventions—developed and evaluated with public health authorities andContinue reading ““Psychological Inoculation Against Misinformation””

Special Issue about Critical Thinking

I subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason, a bi-monthly publication. It’s been around since 1976. Consider subscribing. It’s a bargain at $2.80/issue and $19.95/year for digital+print. My article about teaching critical thinking in authoritarian cultures is coming out in a few months. Here’s the link to this month’s issue with severalContinue reading “Special Issue about Critical Thinking”

Upcoming Talk on Critical Thinking

The Association of Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT) will host a talk by Dale Hample (U. Maryland), The Global Presence of Civility While Arguing, May 2, 1pm Eastern. Here is his description: “In company with a number of scholars, I have spent more than ten years collecting and reporting data on how people orientContinue reading “Upcoming Talk on Critical Thinking”

Check out this lecture on Friday 4/11/25 11am EDT:

Friendly Critical Thinking: Replacing Domination with Collaboration by Dr. M. Neil Browne Zoom link: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/7153464115 Retired after 53 years teaching critical thinking at Bowling Green University and consulting with dozens of universities, corporations, and governmental agencies, all seeking, as we all are, better beliefs, conclusions, and decisions. Table of Contents for Presentation: 1) Toward what end doContinue reading “Check out this lecture on Friday 4/11/25 11am EDT:”