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In the US, as the election season approaches many people will have the opportunity to have conversations at home, work, or on social media where their beliefs differ vastly. Without curiosity, kindness, or a sound tool for assessing reasoning some conversations could turn into disputes. To discover communication tools that make us more streetwise and rationally philosophical, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with the current Executive Director of Street Epistemology International (SEI), a nonprofit educational organization committed to addressing dysfunction in public and private discourse by encouraging rationality through civil conversation. Anthony shares the Street Epistemology process, examples of how it can be used, and the societal benefits of using it.

Anthony Magnabosco — The Road to Reason:

• Anthony describes how Street Epistemology is used to collaboratively explore how people reason and form conclusions. {2:30}
• How to have conversations with those who see things differently. {8:12}
• An example of the process of Street Epistemology using ghosts as the subject. {14:57}
• At the foundation of ALL of our views are our values and morals. {31:34}
• Street Epistemology can be a powerful tool to inoculate ourselves against misinformation. {37:03}

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About Lisa's Guest:

Anthony Magnabosco hails from San Antonio, Texas, and is a Founder and current Executive Director of the nonprofit Street Epistemology International (SEI). SEI is an educational organization committed to addressing dysfunction in public and private discourse by encouraging rationality through civil conversation. SEI provides people with the resources needed to develop, practice, and promote Street Epistemology. SE is a rebuttal approach proven to be effective in helping people reflect on the quality of their reasoning and update their confidence in their conclusions to more reasonable positions. The SE approach can be applied to a variety of claims including religion, ghosts, karma, law of attraction, and other social and political topics. 

“When people share their reasons and the source of their information I find that, oftentimes, the sources are not credible sources so you have to sort of weed your way through that layer of defining what a credible source is." - Lisa Cypers Kamen 

This episode is #5 of 9 on our flagship podcast. Find nine More Mental Fitness by Harvesting Happiness bonus sessions available exclusively on Substack and Medium.

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