Historically Thinking

We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo

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Episode 100: HistoricoThinkaPalooza

Posted February 27, 2019 • 01:06:24

It seemed appropriate on the 100th episode to talk with the guest from our first episode, my friend and former colleage and co-writer Lendol Calder....

Episode 99: Russ Roberts on the 2008 Financial Crisis, Changing Your Mind, and Intellectual Humility

Posted February 20, 2019 • 00:56:12

In an essay on Plato, the German philosopher Josef Pieper suggests that for Plato "the natural habitat of truth is conversation. Truth is enacted in...

Episode 98: A Tour Through the Mind of a Historical Novelist

Posted February 13, 2019 • 00:57:46

Christian Cameron has written a lot of novels. A lot. He writes novels faster than some people can read them. He writes so many novels that it's easier...

Commonplace Book for the Week of February 10, 2019

Posted February 12, 2019 • 00:08:55

An Inventory of the Skills of Historical Thinking The Essential Skill Comprehension: What do the documents say and mean? Accurately reconstructs the...

Episode 97: The College Tuition Problem

Posted February 6, 2019 • 01:00:00

Well, of course college tuition is a problem--everyone seems to know that. And there are of course lots of reasons why this has occurred. But as with...