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Critical thinking skills / by Cohen, Martin,1964-author.(CARDINAL)652763;
Introduction -- PART 1: Getting started with critical thinking skills. Entering the exciting world of critical thinking ; Peering into the mind: how people think ; Planting ideas in your head: the sociology of thinking ; Assessing your thinking skills -- PART 2: Developing your critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is like...solving puzzles: reasoning by analogy ; Thinking in circles: the power of recursion ; Drawing on graphics for thinking ; Constructing knowledge: information hierarchies -- PART 3: Applying critical thinking in practice. Getting to the heart of the (reading) matter ; Cultivating your critical writing skills ; Speaking and listening critically -- PART 4: Reason and argument. Unlocking the logic of real arguments ; Behaving like a rational animal ; Using words to persuade ; Presenting evidence and justifying opinions -- PART 5: Part of Tens. Ten logical pitfalls and how to avoid them ; Ten arguments that changed the world."The ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you can apply in any situation that calls for reflection, analysis, and planning. Being able to think systematically and solve problems is also a great career asset. Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies helps you hone your thinking abilities and become a better communicator. You'll find hands-on, active instruction and exercises that you can put to work today as you navigate social media and news websites, chat with AI, fact-check your own and others' views, and more."--Amazon.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Critical thinking.; Thought and thinking.; Problem solving.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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Breaking the habit of being yourself : how to lose your mind and create a new one / by Dispenza, Joe,1962-(CARDINAL)483752;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index.The greatest habit you can ever break is the habit of being yourself -- The science of you. The quantum you ; Overcoming your environment ; Overcoming your body ; Overcoming time ; Survival vs. creation -- Your brain and meditation. Three brains : thinking to doing to being ; The gap ; Meditation., demystifying the mystical, and waves of your future -- Stepping toward your new destiny. The meditative process : introduction and preparation ; Open the door to your creative state (week one) ; Prune away the habit of being yourself (week two) ; Dismantle the memory of the old you (week three) ; Create a new mind for your future (week four) ; Demonstrating and being transparent : living your new reality -- Inhabit self -- Appendix A. Body-part induction (week one) -- Appendix B. Water-rising induction (week one) -- Appendix C. Guided meditation : putting it all together (weeks two through four).Argues that all human beings have the power within them to overcome predisposed beliefs and habits to make significant changes in one's life, and provides step-by-step tools to make such changes using understandings between science and spirituality.
Subjects: Change (Psychology); New Thought.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 12
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La ciencia del ©♭xito : el curso magistral de Napoleon Hill / by Hill, Napoleon,1883-1970,author.(CARDINAL)363612;
En este curso magistral, dictado originalmente en Chicago a mediados de los a©łos cincuenta, Napoleon Hill desarrolla a profundidad sus ideas sobre el ©♭xito y c©đmo llegar a ©♭l. Durante d©♭cadas, Piense y h©Łgase rico ha cambiado la mentalidad de millones de personas, que han encontrado en sus principios y filosof©Ưa una gu©Ưa para alcanzar el triunfo y el equilibrio en su vida, pero nunca hasta ahora hab©Ưa sido posible acceder a las lecciones ©Ưntegras que el mismo Napoleon Hill imparti©đ a sus alumnos iniciales. La ciencia del ©♭xito es un valioso regalo, es el camino m©Łs directo hacia el perfeccionamiento de tu verdadero potencial, y uno de los libros de desarrollo personal m©Łs completos que se han escrito jam©Łs. Ya sea que quieras descubrir tu prop©đsito en la vida, desarrollar una personalidad atrayente, adquirir una actitud mental positiva, atraer oportunidades, mantener una salud ©đptima, nutrir tu creatividad y tu imaginaci©đn o encaminarte hacia el liderazgo, en este libro encontrar©Łs las herramientas definitivas para lograr todo aquello que te propongas.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Success.; Thought and thinking.; Self-control.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mindware : tools for smart thinking / by Nisbett, Richard E.,author.(CARDINAL)121255;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-305) and index.Thinking about thought. Everything's an inference ; The power of the situation ; The rational unconscious -- The formerly dismal science. Should you think like an economist? ; Spilt milk and free lunch ; Foiling foibles -- Coding, counting, correlation, and causality. Odds and Ns ; Linked up -- Experiments. Ignore the HiPPO ; Experiments natural and experiments proper ; Eekonomics ; Don't ask, can't tell -- Thinking, straight and curved. Logic ; Dialecticism -- Knowing the world. KISS and tell ; Keeping it real -- The tools of the lay scientist.A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.
Subjects: Reasoning.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Genetic epistemology. / by Piaget, Jean,1896-1980.(CARDINAL)137606;
Subjects: Cognition in children.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Focus [sound recording] : the hidden driver of excellence / by Goleman, Daniel.(CARDINAL)159134;
Read by the author.A groundbreaking look at the science of high performance and its implications, whether managing oneself or a team; whether in sports, the arts, politics, or work.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Attention.; Self-control.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Focus : the hidden driver of excellence / by Goleman, Daniel.(CARDINAL)159134;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-294) and index.The subtle faculty -- The anatomy of attention. Basics ; Attention top and bottom ; The value of a mind adrift ; Finding balance -- Self-awareness. The inner rudder ; Seeing ourselves as others see us ; A recipe for self-control -- Reading others. The woman who knew too much ; The empathy triad ; Social sensitivity -- The bigger context. Patterns, systems, and messes ; System blindness ; Distant threats -- Smart practice. The myth of 10,000 hours ; Brains on games ; Breathing buddies -- The well-focused leader. How leaders direct attention ; The leader's triple focus ; What makes a leader? -- The big picture. Leading for the long future.Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman delves into the science of attention in all its varieties and shows why high-achievers need focus, as demonstrated by rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business.
Subjects: Attention.; Self-control.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 18
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Bill Nye : science guy [videorecording] / by Alvarado, David,producer,director.; Druyan, Ann,1949-on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)506052; Nye, Bill,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)281983; Sussberg, Jason,producer,director.; Tyson, Neil deGrasse,on-screen participant.(CARDINAL)339562;
Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, participants.Follows scientist Bill Nye as he sets out to encourage the application of science around the world and stop the spread of anti-science beliefs.MPAA rating: Not rated.This is a Blu-ray disc which can only be played on Blu-ray disc players and will not play on standard DVD players.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Science films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nye, Bill.; Science.; Thought and thinking.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The crack in the cosmic egg : challenging constructs of mind and reality / by Pearce, Joseph Chilton.;
Bibliography: pages 201-207.
Subjects: Reality.; Mind and body.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The extended mind : the power of thinking outside the brain / by Paul, Annie Murphy,author.(CARDINAL)468614;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: thinking with our bodies -- Thinking with sensations -- Thinking with movement -- Thinking with gesture -- Part II: thinking with our surroundings -- Thinking with natural spaces -- Thinking with built spaces -- Thinking with the space of ideas -- Part III: thinking with our relationships -- Thinking with experts -- Thinking with peers -- Thinking with groups."A bold new book that proves our bodies and surroundings know more than our brains do"--
Subjects: Mind and body.; Thought and thinking.; Cognition.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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