Kuidas mõelda

Training code AYC0416/4

Registration deadline

Credits 52 academic hours (contact study 24 hours, independent study 28 hours)

Price 55 EUR. The course is facilitated with support from the Ministry of Education and Science. We will issue an invoice after 28.09.26

Document issued upon completion of training TLU certificate

Training Manager

How to Think Clearly: Facts, Claims, and Thinking Errors / Kuidas mõelda selgelt: faktid, väited ja mõtlemisvead

School of Digital Technologies

Training and Conference Center

Are all convincing arguments actually true? Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? In this course, you will learn to think clearly, ask the right questions, and spot mistakes in both your own and others’ reasoning. You will discover how logical fallacies, manipulation, and decision-making traps arise — and how to avoid them. After completing the course, you will be able to argue more effectively, make well-reasoned decisions, and avoid being easily misled. These are skills that give you an advantage in every subject, in further studies, and in real life. Learn to think — not just to believe!

- 11:00 - 14:15

Tallinna Ülikool, Narva mnt 29

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Training code AYC0416/4

Registration deadline

Credits 52 academic hours (contact study 24 hours, independent study 28 hours)

Price 55 EUR. The course is facilitated with support from the Ministry of Education and Science. We will issue an invoice after 28.09.26

Document issued upon completion of training TLU certificate

Training Manager

Target group: High school students and vocational school students, young people taking a gap year. 
English at least level B2.

NB! When registering for the course, please also fill out the motivation letter block, which is located on the right side of this page under the button "Fill out a motivation letter"

Course schedule:

TIME   TOPIC LECTURER ROOM
03.10.2026 11:00-14:15 Understanding human limitations. Heuristics, biases, and beliefs. Understanding where reasoning mistakes can be made. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium
17.10.2026 11:00-14:15 Facts, Opinions, Claims, and Knowledge. Understanding the difference between fact and judgment, observation and inference, belief and knowledge. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium
07.11.2026 11:00-14:15 Argument and evidence. Structure of argument. Evaluation of argument. Criteria of argument and evidence. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium
05.12.2026 11:00-14:15 Three laws of thought. Laws of thought and how to use them in argumentation and evaluation of arguments. Laws of thought as the base of legal reasoning. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium
12.12.2026 11:00-14:15 Thought and language. How language can direct and change thoughts. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium
19.12.2026 11:00-14:15 Persuasion and manipulation. Most common false arguments and rhetorical devices. Methods of persuasion and manipulation. Juri Mets TLÜ auditoorium

Course coordinator: Monika Blagi, monika.blagi@tlu.ee, 6409426

Course lecturer: 

Course participants have thought about this course:

  • I really liked the information I’ve received and the materials, including videos, articles and presentations were vary useful.
  • I enjoyed to watch Ted Talks as a hometasks and it was interesting to get the information on sessions with examples from real life. 
  • The training was very informative and well organized. The material was presented logically and in an understandable way.
  • Balance of theory and practical examples and a friendly atmosphere.
  • I learned about the importance of presenting information correctly to a person, learned to distinguish types of speech, and learned how global companies/salespeople use this
  • The feedback on our exercises and writing exercises when we had to search for actual examples as it would be in real life. 
  • I liked the teacher, he is very kind and I understood every his explanation
  • Very good teacher, he explains everything clearly and interesting.

Learning outcomes, the course graduate:

  • can distinguish fact from judgment and belief from knowledge;
  • has skills in elementary inductive and deductive processes;
  • understands the formal and informal fallacies of language and thought.