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Better thinking for better results / by Lasher, Cathy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Mental efficiency.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Being logical : a guide to good thinking / by McInerny, Dennis Q.(CARDINAL)732848;
Subjects: Biographies.; Logic.; Reasoning.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Hare brain, tortoise mind : why intelligence increases when you think less / by Claxton, Guy.(CARDINAL)719037;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Cognition.; Intellect.;
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1001 ideas that changed the way we think / by Arp, Robert (EDT)/ Caplan, Arthur (FRW); Arp, Robert,editor.(CARDINAL)354652;
Arranged chronologically, presents the important thoughts and big ideas from the most brilliant minds of the past three thousand years, including St. Thomas Aquinas's five proofs of God's existence and the Freudian slip.
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Idea (Philosophy);
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When bad thinking happens to good people : how philosophy can save us from ourselves / by Nadler, Steven M.,1958-author.(CARDINAL)345558; Shapiro, Lawrence A.,author.(CARDINAL)462188;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index."In this book the philosophers Steve Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro will explain why bad thinking happens to good people. Why is it, they ask, that so large a segment of public can go so wrong in both how they come to form the opinions they do and how they fail to appreciate the moral consequences of acting on them."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Fallacies (Logic); Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thinking 101 : how to reason better to live better / by Ahn, Woo-Kyoung,author.(CARDINAL)856858;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index.The allure of fluency: why things look so easy -- Confirmation bias: how we can go wrong when trying to be right -- The challenge of casual attribution: why we shouldn't be so sure when we give credit to assign blame -- The perils of examples: what we miss when we rely on anecdotes -- Negativity bias: how our fear of loss can lead us astray -- Biased interpretation: why we fail to see things as they are -- The dangers of perspective-taking: why others don't always get what's obvious to us -- The trouble with delayed gratification: how our present self misunderstand our future self.Yale Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn explains why our judgment is so often wrong--and offers actionable strategies to help us respond to real-life challenges as individuals and as societies at large.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Thought and thinking.; Judgment.; Cognition.;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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Critical thinking : an introduction to reasoning / by Dauer, Francis Watanabe.(CARDINAL)769324;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The author of this crucial text brings to the art of reasoning a concern and emphasis that other books on the subject lack: stimulating intellectual content and focus on the actual world. Francis Watanabe Dauer's belief is that students in the art of reasoning don't need to be inundated with traditional logic and quasi-mathematical problems. What they need, and what Critical Thinking provides, is help reasoning about matters they face in daily life. The material covered by this book, from accepting the unproblematic through language and its levels of meaning, is challenging, but the presentation is clear and simple, so students are encouraged to make efforts. And while the text is primarily concerned with presenting canons or principles of critical thinking, it is not heavy-handed in its presentation of rules and maxims. Instead, these are made plausible at an intuitive level, so that students can master the art of reasoning without having to memorize rules and tables and diagrams. Most important, one of the principal aims of the author in writing Critical Thinking has been to give a unified and coherent account of reasoning rather than a patchwork of disparate topics, as seen in so many texts on the subject. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Logic.; Reasoning.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Lost in thought : the hidden pleasures of an intellectual life / by Hitz, Zena,1973-author.(CARDINAL)848636;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody are judged by their usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life, whether that of a bookworm, an amateur astronomer, a birdwatcher, or someone who takes a deep interest in one of countless other subjects. Drawing on inspiring examples, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfillment, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought. Today, when even the humanities are often defended only for their economic or political usefulness, Hitz says our intellectual lives are valuable not despite but because of their practical uselessness. And while anyone can have an intellectual life, she encourages academics in particular to get back in touch with the desire to learn for its own sake, and calls on universities to return to the person-to-person transmission of the habits of mind and heart that bring out the best in us. Reminding us of who we once were and who we might become, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity"--
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Intellectual life.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Thinking 101 [audio-enabled device] by Ahn, Woo-kyoung,author.; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Playaway Digital Audio.(CARDINAL)565887;
Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn explains why our judgement is so often wrongand offers strategies to help us respond to the challenges we all face as individuals and in society at large. What can K-pop dance moves teach us about how we can best learn new skills? How can a winning soccer goal illustrate the challenge of assigning credit or blame? Why should we think about the way we shop for holiday gifts before starting a new project? Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called Thinking to help students examine the biases that cause so many problems in their daily lives. It quickly became one of the colleges most popular courses. Now, for the first time, she presents key insights from her years of teaching and research in a book for everyone. Ahn shows how thinking problems stand behind a wide-range of challenges from common, self-inflicted daily aggravations to our most pressing societal issues and inequities. Throughout, Ahn draws on decades of research from other cognitive psychologists, as well as from her own ground-breaking studies. And she presents it all in a compellingly readable style using fun examples from pop culture, anecdotes from her own life, and illuminating stories from history and the headlines. Thinking 101 is a book that goes far beyond other books on thinking, showing how we can improve not just our own daily lives through better awareness of our biases, but the lives of everyone around us. It is, quite simply, required reading for everyone who wants to thinkand livebetter.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Cognition.; Judgment.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The happiness of pursuit : what neuroscience can teach us about the good Life / by Edelman, Shimon.(CARDINAL)652571;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Home is where the mind is -- Computing the mind -- The republic of soul -- Learning to think for yourself -- You can talk to me -- Nobody, at home -- An irresistible call to depart -- Index.FC1LKRKSKRX1XNOSXPPL
Subjects: Cognition.; Self.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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