Training
Critical thinking and argumentative bias

Date : 03 avril, 2024
Hour : 9:00

Fake news, rumors, fallacious arguments, infobesity… Today’s science-society dialogue is regularly disrupted by the eruption of misinformation. We will define and discuss the importance of critical thinking in building this dialogue. What roles can you play in a scientific mediation activity? What simple tools can be used to identify argumentative biases or encourage the emergence of argumentative responses in the audience? Does science education always sharpen critical thinking skills?