#86 | The Critical Thinkers Guide to the Human Mind: Understanding the Big Picture | Dr. Linda Elder

Beyond Perception

Mar 05, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 86

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Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist and a prominent authority on critical thinking, she is President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking, the longest running institution on critical thinking in the world. Founded more than 40 years ago, it advances the highest level of scholarship in critical thinking, and is one of the rare few independent think tanks of scholars fostering critical thinking internationally.

In this conversation Dr. Elder shares with us:

► Understanding The Human Mind: The Big Picture

► The Mind’s Three Distinctive Functions

► The Dynamic Relationship Between Thinking, Feeling, Wanting

► Behavior: A Product of the Mind’s Functions

► Thinking as the Key to Feelings and Desires

► Rational Capacities or Egocentric Tendencies Control the Mind

► The Problem of Egocentric Thinking

► Distinguish Egocentric from Rational Motives

► Feelings That Accompany Egocentrism

► Pathological Dispositions of the Human Mind

► Defense Mechanisms of the Mind