I serve as director of Binghamton University’s Critical Thinking Lab! The Critical Thinking Lab is a free tutoring service specializing in philosophical skills and argumentative writing.
What Does the Critical Thinking Lab Do?
We are here to develop your best thinking. You can expect an individualized session with a trained critical thinking consultant for help with any philosophy or argumentative project.
Whether you are a beginning student or advanced, the Critical Thinking Lab can help you with your essays, summaries, formal arguments, in-class writing, speeches, presentations, and application materials. We recognize that critical thinking takes many forms—writing, reading, speaking, listening—and occurs at all stages of the creation process—questioning, analyzing, brainstorming, synthesizing, outlining, articulating, and revising. Visit us, and we’ll think about your work together.
Tutoring Services Include:
- Taking in-class notes
- Reading and comprehension for philosophy texts
- Earning participation points
- In-class writing exams
- Brainstorming paper/project
- Research and citation for paper/project
- Raising objections in a paper/project
- Editing paper/project
- Preparing for a presentation
- Hosting writing workshops
Our lab’s staff is comprised of undergraduate and graduate peer tutors, all chosen as the best of the best from Binghamton’s philosophy, and Philosophy, Politics, and Law majors. I teach a 400-level Philosophy Pedagogy course to all first-year tutors, ensuring that all staff are equipped to excel with every student that visits our lab!
Philosophy With Watson 