Clear And Present Thinking

Author : Brendan Myers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992005900
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clear and Present Thinking written by Brendan Myers and published by . This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The product of a Kickstarter fundraising campaign, "Clear and Present Thinking" is a college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking. Chapters: 1. Questions, Problems, and World Views 2. Good and Bad Thinking Habits 3. Basics of Argumentation 4. Fallacies 5. Reasonable Doubt 6. Moral Reasoning In an effort to reduce the cost of education for students, this textbook was funded by over 700 people through the Kickstarter online crowd-funding platform. This softcover edition is available here for the lowest reasonable price. All profits from the sale of this print edition will go towards funding future free or nearly-free college textbook projects.

Author : Charlene Elsby
Publisher : Northwest Passage Books
ISBN 13 : 9780993952791
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clear and Present Thinking, Second Edition written by Charlene Elsby and published by Northwest Passage Books. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the popular, low-cost, college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking. Covering topics like worldviews, formal and informal logic, science, reasonable doubt, propaganda, fake news, and the history of logic, "Clear and Present Thinking" aims to make philosophy in general, and critical thinking skills in particular, unmysterious, and widely available for the general public.Contents: Chapter 1: An Outline History of LogicChapter 2: Informal Logic: Questions, Problems, and World ViewsChapter 3: Informal Logic: Habits of ThinkingChapter 4: Basics of Formal LogicChapter 5: ArgumentsChapter 6: Science and Scientific ReasoningChapter 7: FallaciesChapter 8: Reasonable DoubtChapter 9: Moral ReasoningChapter 10: ActivitiesEpilogue: Why Can't We All Get Along?Glossary of Terms in Logic and Philosophy

Author : Michael A. Cohen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300222556
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clear and Present Safety written by Michael A. Cohen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look at the history of national security fear-mongering in America and how it distracts citizens from the issues that really matter What most frightens the average American? Terrorism. North Korea. Iran. But what if none of these are probable or consequential threats to America? What if the world today is safer, freer, wealthier, healthier, and better educated than ever before? What if the real dangers to Americans are noncommunicable diseases, gun violence, drug overdoses--even hospital infections? In this compelling look at what they call the "Threat-Industrial Complex," Michael A. Cohen and Micah Zenko explain why politicians, policy analysts, academics, and journalists are misleading Americans about foreign threats and ignoring more serious national security challenges at home. Cohen and Zenko argue that we should ignore Washington's threat-mongering and focus instead on furthering extraordinary global advances in human development and economic and political cooperation. At home, we should focus on that which actually harms us and undermines our quality of life: substandard schools and healthcare, inadequate infrastructure, gun violence, income inequality, and political paralysis.

Author : Diane F. Halpern
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134637861
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thought and Knowledge written by Diane F. Halpern and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions that have helped its readers become better thinkers. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition has been revised to help students meet the challenges of a global neighborhood and make meaningful conclusions from the overwhelming quantity of information now available at the click of a mouse. The skills learned with this text will help students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use as a textbook in critical thinking courses offered in departments of psychology, philosophy, English, humanities, or as a supplement in any course where critical thinking is emphasized.

Author : Rolf Dobelli
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062359800
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Thinking Clearly written by Rolf Dobelli and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-class thinker counts the 100 ways in which humans behave irrationally, showing us what we can do to recognize and minimize these “thinking errors” to make better decisions and have a better life Despite the best of intentions, humans are notoriously bad—that is, irrational—when it comes to making decisions and assessing risks and tradeoffs. Psychologists and neuroscientists refer to these distinctly human foibles, biases, and thinking traps as “cognitive errors.” Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality, from optimized, logical, rational thinking and behavior. We make these errors all the time, in all sorts of situations, for problems big and small: whether to choose the apple or the cupcake; whether to keep retirement funds in the stock market when the Dow tanks, or whether to take the advice of a friend over a stranger. The “behavioral turn” in neuroscience and economics in the past twenty years has increased our understanding of how we think and how we make decisions. It shows how systematic errors mar our thinking and under which conditions our thought processes work best and worst. Evolutionary psychology delivers convincing theories about why our thinking is, in fact, marred. The neurosciences can pinpoint with increasing precision what exactly happens when we think clearly and when we don’t. Drawing on this wide body of research, The Art of Thinking Clearly is an entertaining presentation of these known systematic thinking errors--offering guidance and insight into everything why you shouldn’t accept a free drink to why you SHOULD walk out of a movie you don’t like it to why it’s so hard to predict the future to why shouldn’t watch the news. The book is organized into 100 short chapters, each covering a single cognitive error, bias, or heuristic. Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity, Confirmation Bias, The It-Gets-Better-Before-It-Gets-Worse Trap, and the Man-With-A-Hammer Tendency. In engaging prose and with real-world examples and anecdotes, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.

Author : Mark D. Thompson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 083088968X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Clear and Present Word written by Mark D. Thompson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message. However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or perspicuity of Scripture is apparent in Western Christianity. Despite recent, sophisticated analyses, the doctrine is ignored or derided by many. While there is a contemporary feel to these responses, the debate itself is not new. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Mark Thompson surveys past and present objections to the clarity of Scripture; expounds the living God as the Guarantor of his accessible, written Word; engages with the hermeneutical challenges and restates the doctrine for today. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

Author : Tom Clancy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425122129
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clear and Present Danger written by Tom Clancy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assassinations of the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the F.B.I. by Colombian drug lords trigger a mysterious covert response and an investigation of U.S. and Colombian actions by Jack Ryan. Reissue.

Author : Rudolf Flesch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Clear Thinking written by Rudolf Flesch and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas E. Wartenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135975884
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking on Screen written by Thomas E. Wartenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism. Beginning with a demonstration of how specific forms of philosophical discourse are presented cinematically, Wartenberg moves on to offer a systematic account of the ways in which specific films undertake the task of philosophy. Focusing on the films The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Modern Times, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Third Man, The Flicker, and Empire, Wartenberg shows how these films express meaningful and pertinent philosophical ideas. This book is essential reading for students of philosophy with an interest in film, aesthetics, and film theory. It will also be of interest to film enthusiasts intrigued by the philosophical implications of film.

Author : John D. Mullen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847680030
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hard Thinking written by John D. Mullen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideally a logic text should encourage not only criticism of thinking, but critical thinking itself. To its great credit, ard Thinking does both. -s Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh Mullen effectively combines logic, epistemology, and good old fashioned common sense. The dialogues and examples are telling; the explanations clear and to the point. The book articulates, defends, and exemplifies all the important features of 'hard thinking'. Many texts purport to aid in the teaching of thinking; this one will clearly succeed. -s Harvey Siegel, University of Miami Not only does Mullen's text challenge students to do some hard thinking, but it explains why they should and it shows them how....[T]he text includes strong chapters on both traditional and modern formal logic. As a result, this book should prove suitable for a wide variety of courses. -s Bruce Umbaugh, Webster University