Critical Thinking: How To Find Out What Really Works (Udemy.com)
How to Find Out What Can Get You Towards Your Goals (And What Will Not)
Created by: André Klapper, PhD
Last updated November 2019
What you will learn
- FORMULATE a question: will X get you Y?
- IDENTIFY relevant evidence and INTERPRET it correctly
- AVOID reasoning fallacies that almost everybody falls prey to
- ELIMINATE alternative explanations systematically until you uncover the truth
- GATHER evidence yourself when no other evidence is available
- DRAW conclusions with scientific precision
How it compares
Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 20% of them
- Reviews69#951 of 1,108 by number of reviews
- Length1.2 hoursshorter than 80% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2019earlier than 85% of them
Course Description
Will starting a business make you rich?
Is getting up at 5 AM every morning the key to success?
Does money make people happy?
Life is full of questions and answering these questions is often key to getting what we want.
If we arrive at the wrong answers, we fail to get what we want.
If we arrive at the right answers, success is within our grasp.
Learn the strategies that scientists use to identify the right answers and use these strategies to make better life decisions.
What will you be able to DO after this course?
FORMULATE a question: will X get you Y?
IDENTIFY relevant evidence and INTERPRET it correctly.
AVOID reasoning fallacies that almost everybody falls prey to.
ELIMINATE alternative explanations systematically until you uncover the truth.
GATHER evidence yourself when no other evidence is available.
DRAW conclusions with scientific precision.
After this course, you will have a complete blueprint with simple step-by-step instructions for making solid evidence-based decisions in every area of your life.
My first science classes shattered my world.
Afterwards, I saw reasoning errors everywhere.
Things I had believed for a long time turned out to be false.
Other things that I had rejected suddenly made a lot more sense.
It was shocking at times but also incredibly fascinating.
I enjoyed that everything became much clearer to me...
... and I started to feel a lot more confident in my opinions and decisions.
What I love about scientific thinking is that you can apply it everywhere.
Whether you want to be happier, more successful, wealthier, more productive, focussed, ... in all of these areas, scientific thinking can help to discard ineffective strategies and identify what truly works.
However...
This course is for thoughtful decision-makers.
If you prefer to make fast spontaneous decisions, you will not like this course.
If you do not like doing some detective work to uncover the truth, you will not like this course.
This course is for you if...
you want to ensure that your beliefs and decisions are correct
you want to avoid the mistakes that most people make
you are willing to put in the extra effort that most people skip
How does this course work?
Science classes usually involve years of intensive training.
However, you do not need years of training to reap most of its benefits.
This course is designed to provide you with 80% of the benefits for 1% of the effort.
You do not need to learn any equations, measurement theory, or anything like that.
Instead, you can master the key principles in only a few lectures.
Once you click on the red enroll button, the lectures will guide you through the material in easily digestible steps.
At the end of the course, you will have a complete step-by-step blueprint that you can use to make better decisions in every area of your life.
I will also walk you through a case study so that you can practice your new skills.
Also, you can ask me questions anytime and can have my full support when you apply the blueprint to your own cases.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
69 Reviews
André Klapper, PhD
I am a Psychology/ Neuroscience researcher and best-selling instructor with more than 10+ years of training and experience. My mission is to share my experience with other people and help them to get the most out of themselves. I have courses on Research, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Why learn from me?
- 4000+ enthusiastic reviews.
- Concise lectures. Straight to the point without any unnecessary information.
- It’s fun. I love the topics I teach and want you to fall in love with them, too.
Join 10000+ students and see for yourself what my courses have in store for you.
Questions? Feel free to send me a message!
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Reviews
By JARED COHEN on 5/26/2025
as a person who has problem in taking decisions this course is useful for me. it teaches concepts using simple examples.
By Farah Mohamed Hersi on 10/9/2023
This course make me remember my old studies, so it was better revival for me.
By Peter Tererai Zizhou on 10/13/2022
It is good in that it provokes one to think in an alternative mode ie scrutinize well, and be critical before making a decision. It's not always the obvious answer that is correct
By Grant Martin on 10/16/2021
Very informative, clearly articulated and easy to follow
By Busani Kunene on 3/1/2021
It wasn’t engaging enough as compared to the psychology one by the same author But towards the end, it made sense
By Mario E. Soto on 10/13/2020
If you can setting a relationship whit the statistic method will be the best.
By Bryan Elcano on 8/6/2020
Looking for more information.
By James Jones on 6/7/2020
The author provides a thorough explanation of critical thinking. This concept is usually overly complicated by jargon and difficult examples.
By ArunKumar Koottharasan Nadar on 4/15/2020
Andre is amazing. I have bought two of his courses on how to write a research paper and this one critical thinking. he is a great researcher and very helpful and informative. I have learned so many crucial things now I will apply it into my research.
By SanaOmar on 4/20/2019
I have been always afraid when approaching reasoning and such stuffs. But this is the first time I have encountered this subject with such an elaboration and well organized with a steps-driven structure. Thus was insightful for me as a novice in this subject. I think this will help me even in critical reasoning in GRE general test. Thank you so much. Note: I just want more practices or a workbook or may be an advice fir a book where to go next please.
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Overall Score : 88 / 100







