Philosophy for Better Thinking
Like Duolingo, but for Philosophy for Better Thinking. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Philosopher's Toolkit and Living with Wisdom. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Philosophy for Better Thinking
- Socratic questioning starts with a seemingly obvious claim
- The unexamined life is characterized by following traditions without knowing why
- Repeated 'why' or 'what is' questions expose gaps in logic
- Mental autopilot means letting social pressure dictate your values
- The goal is to find the 'bedrock' belief that has no further evidence
- Philosophical conviction requires personal validation of one's choices
- The process of using Socratic questioning to uncover a hidden assumption
- Recognizing the difference between living by conviction versus cultural autopilot
- Thought experiments test the consistency of our morals or logic
- Facts are observable and neutral
- They use 'what if' scenarios to isolate specific variables of a belief
- Narratives are the emotional or judgmental layers we add to facts
- Separating objective observations from the stories we tell about them
- Common sense is often a product of one's specific time and culture
- The purpose and function of philosophical thought experiments
- Intellectual humility involves being open to the possibility that your most basic certainties are wrong
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Philosophy for Better Thinking the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Picture a person who follows every local tradition simply because 'that's how it's always been.' What would Socrates call this way of living?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Philosophy for Better Thinking takes you
Stop living on autopilot. Learn to use the tools of the world's greatest thinkers to sharpen your logic, question your assumptions, and build a life of purpose.
- 1
The Philosopher's Toolkit
- Questioning the Obvious
- How to Spot a Bad Argument
- 2
Living with Wisdom
- Designing Your Good Life
- Reality and Perception
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Philosophy for Better Thinking is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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