In this episode I explore reasons why standard critical thinking textbooks say almost nothing about the psychology of human reasoning and persuasion. Topics include: argumentation as rhetoric vs argumentation as tool for philosophical reasoning; why Plato was so hard on the Sophists; what it was like being socialized into philosophy as a student; the martial arts training hall as a ritualized space; why the philosophy classroom is like a dojo for training in the martial art of rational argumentation; understanding the rules inside the dojo vs the rules outside the dojo; critical thinking texts as martial arts training manuals; argumentation and the dream of universal reason; why critical thinking needs both approaches to argumentation.