Presented by Associate Professor of Philosophy Luke Russell, from the University of Sydney.
We are regularly told that one thing causes another: that smoking causes lung cancer, that studying hard causes you to do better in exams, that vaccines cause autism. How can we figure out which causal claims we ought to believe? In this one-hour online session students will improve their critical thinking skills by learning how to evaluate causal arguments. Students will discover how philosophers and scientists seek out evidence that supports or undermines causal claims, and will practise applying these techniques to a broad range of examples. This session is designed to connect with the International Baccalaureate but is also open to HSC students.
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