Thinking Like an Engineer

By Madhav Kaushish

In this episode, I (Madhav) interview Adam Disque, an environmental engineering Masters student at Texas Tech University who earlier served in the US Air Force as a Bio-environmental Engineer.

Validity and Soundness of Arguments

By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan

An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly, an argument may happen to reach a logical conclusion, but the reasoning used to get there may be invalid. This article explores the notions of validity and soundness, concepts crucial to reasoning and arguing effectively. 

Axioms of Rational Inquiry

By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan

What are the foundations of rational inquiry in scientific assumptions?

Reflections on Justified Concepts

By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan

Quantitative and Qualitative Research

By KP Mohanan

Various resources on research methodology make a distinction between Qualitative and Quantitative Research. This video seeks to clarify that distinction by looking at what is encoded into different kinds of data, and how these data can be used in subsequent analyses.

Thinking Like a Chef

By Tara Mohanan, KP Mohanan and Madhav Kaushish

In this episode, we are joined by Suvir Saran. Suvir is a Michelin starred chef for his restaurant Devi in New York. The focus of this episode is on thinking like a chef. However, the podcast goes far beyond that. 

Representing Positive Integers

By Madhav Kaushish

There is a important distinction to make between numbers and representations of numbers. In this article, we explore various different number representations and their characteristics.

Logical Contradiction

By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan

What are logical contradictions? This article explores this question through examples. It also leaves you with some exercises to work on.

Counterexample

By Madhav Kaushish

A counterexample is an example that refutes a claim. This article works through examples of counterexamples and includes some exercises for you to work on.

Thinking like a Theoretical Linguist

By Tara Mohanan, KP Mohanan and Madhav Kaushish

This first episode is titled ‘Thinking Like a Theoretical Linguist’. In this episode John Schettman Marko, who interned with ThinQ in summer 2019 and Madhav Kaushish, a ThinQ member, will be interviewing two other members of the ThinQ team, KP. Mohanan (who we refer to as Mo) and Tara Mohanan. They are both professional theoretical linguists and educators.