FI1 Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking

FI1 Introduction to Philosophical thinking is the first mandatory course on philosophy in the Finnish education system. This Introduction to Philosophy is my version of that course.

(Note that all my videos include optional subtitles curated by myself.)

There's a playlist for the videos in this course, but here you can see the structure of the course perhaps a bit better.

The contents created or planned:

• FI1.01 Foreword
• FI1.02 What is philosophy and should you study it?
  • FI1.02.01 What makes philosophy special?
  • FI1.02.02 Why listen to me AND Course goals and contents
• FI1.03 Some basic distinctions within philosophy
• FI1.04 Philosophical questions in everyday life
• FI1.05 Philosophical /critical thinking
  • FI1.05.01 Thinking as discussion or debate
  • FI1.05.02 The methods of philosophy
  • FI1.05.03 What is an argument and how to make it fail?
  • FI1.05.04 Formulating your own argument
  • FI1.05.05 Some points about rhetoric and logic
  • FI1.05.06 Common cognitive biases
  • FI1.05.07.1 Logical fallacies 1/5
  • FI1.05.07.2 Logical fallacies 2/5
  • FI1.05.07.3 Logical fallacies 3/5
  • FI1.05.07.4 Logical fallacies 4/5
  • FI1.05.07.5 Logical fallacies 5/5
  • FI1.05.08 Critical use of media
  • FI1.05.09 Tips for research
• FI1.06 What is wisdom?
• FI1.07 Epistemology
  • FI1.07.01 The sources of knowledge
  • FI1.07.02 Epistemological attitudes and theories of truth
• FI1.08 Philosophy of Science
  • FI1.08.01 Categories of science
  • FI1.08.02 Scientific research
  • FI1.08.03 Scientific experiments (testing dowsing as an example)
  • FI1.08.04 Theories, scientific logic, and progress in science
  • FI1.08.05 Science, pseudoscience, and ethics
• FI1.09 Metaphysics
  • FI1.09.01 Idealism and materialism
  • FI1.09.02 Cartesian dualism and questions for materialism
  • FI1.09.03 Determinism and free will
  • FI1.09.04 Aristotelian forms and causes, and essentialism vs. existentialism
  • FI1.09.05 Examples of metaphysics: Occam, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Popper
• FI1.10 Ethics & Social philosophy
  • FI1.10.01 What is ethics?
  • FI1.10.02 Metaethics
  • FI1.10.03 Prescriptive or normative ethics
  • FI1.10.04 Philosophy of life: the good life
  • FI1.10.05 Social philosophy
• FI1.11 Some famous thought experiments
• FI1.12 Contemporary philosophy
• FI1.13 A very brief history of philosophy
  • Intro + History of philosophy 1/4: Philosophy in Antiquity
  • History of philosophy 2/4: Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation philosophy
  • History of philosophy 3/4: Early Modern and Modern philosophy
  • History of philosophy 4/4: Contemporary philosophy

My book for this course is now available in Google Play Books:

Miguel Lopez from La Taberna de Miguel recommends my channel in his video Miksi on hyvin tärkeää, että taloustieteen opiskelijat ja yrittäjät perehtyvät filosofiaan?
(He speaks Finnish, Spanish, and English on his channel, teaching Spanish, among other things. This video is in Finnish.)