Coursera · University of Pennsylvania — Susan Sauvé Meyer
Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors
Penn introduces Aristotle’s categories, natural philosophy and ethics before comparing Epicurean and Stoic approaches to philosophical life.
Explore psychology, economics, ethics, and public-health learning, with an emphasis on evidence, assumptions, context, and careful interpretation.
Social science investigates people, institutions, behavior, and relationships. Different disciplines use different models and methods, so a persuasive explanation should also invite questions about its evidence. Begin with a topic that interests you and learn how its claims are tested.
Psychology introduces questions about minds and behavior; economics emphasizes choices, constraints, and incentives. Public-health study adds population-level evidence and institutions. Look for courses that distinguish observation, interpretation, and causal claims instead of treating a simplified example as a universal rule.
Take an everyday claim and identify the evidence that would support or challenge it. State the population, assumptions, and alternative explanations. That practice helps you read a study more carefully even when you are new to its specialist methods.
Coursera · University of Pennsylvania — Susan Sauvé Meyer
Penn introduces Aristotle’s categories, natural philosophy and ethics before comparing Epicurean and Stoic approaches to philosophical life.
Coursera · University of Pennsylvania — Susan Sauvé Meyer
Penn traces early Greek philosophy into Plato’s discussions of virtue, justice, reality and goodness through a reading-intensive course.
Coursera · Brian Hare, Duke University
A Duke University introduction to the scientific study of dogs, their cognition, social behavior, and relationships with people.
Coursera · Richard Skolnik, Yale University
A broad introduction to global health challenges, their social and economic context, and the choices involved in improving population health.
Coursera · Sungkyunkwan University — SO JEONG PARK
Sungkyunkwan University introduces Korean philosophical debates through culture, language, moral emotions and cross-cultural comparisons.
Coursera · University of Edinburgh
A broad introduction to philosophical questions about knowledge, minds, morality, science, politics, free will, and reality.
Coursera · Paul Bloom, Yale University
Paul Bloom's introduction to the scientific study of thought and behavior, including perception, learning, memory, development, and social life.
Khan Academy
A free self-paced statistics and probability sequence with explanations and exercises for describing data, chance, and statistical reasoning.
OpenLearn · The Open University
Explore OpenLearn’s free Mental Health in Society course for language, social perspectives, and history, with an optional statement of participation.
Coursera · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
An introduction to economic reasoning about choices, incentives, markets, and the tradeoffs behind individual and organizational decisions.