 | 1. Shamans, Seers, and Sacred Geometry – Defining critical thinking – Abstraction & conceptualization – Reason in tribal life – The dawn of civilization – Critical thought before Socrates – Myths and legends of knowledge-bearers |
 | 2. The Life Examined – The Socratic Method – Aristotle & early science – The scope of formal logic – The art of deduction – The Logos in the pagan world – Neo-Platonism and the rise of Christianity |
 | 3. Life in the Dark – The Liberal Arts – Logos, Neo-Platonism, and Augustine – Charlemagne, Alcuin, and the state school – Scholasticism – The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury – The functions of Medieval education |
 | 4. Agora Underground – A new worldview for the Renaissance – The Logos of Leonardo da Vinci – Francis Bacon and his method of inquiry – The Scientific Revolution & the Age of Enlightenment – Ben Franklin and the symbiosis of science and liberty – Liberal Arts vs. “Liberal” Education |
 | 5. Uniting the Polis with Kevin Cole – The Enlightenment rejection of the Liberal Arts – The American ideal of independent education – The Liberal Arts and imperialism – Artificial culture via the Liberal Arts – Limiting critical thought in the modern era – How to do independent critical research |
 | 6. A Critical Look at Thinking – Review of Critical Thinking Methods – “Eat the meat, spit out the bones” – Applying Critical Thought – Defining terms – Conscious Conceptualization – Tools for future episodes |
