Before revision: Parallel thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono.Edward De Bono, Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking 1994 , page xDavid Moseley, Vivienne Baumfield, Julian Elliott, Frameworks for thinking: a handbook for teaching and learning, Cambridge University Press 2005, , page 135 Parallel thinking is described as a constructive alternative to: "adversarial thinking"; debate; and the approaches exemplified by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle (whom de Bono refers to as the "Greek gang of three" (GG3) Edward de Bono coined the term "The gang of three" to refer to three Greek philosophers: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Edward De Bono, Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking 1994 , page 36–38).
After revision: - see Guardian article April 24th 2007Parallel thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono.Edward De Bono, Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking 1994 , page xDavid Moseley, Vivienne Baumfield, Julian Elliott, Frameworks for thinking: a handbook for teaching and learning, Cambridge University Press 2005, , page 135 Parallel thinking is described as a constructive alternative to: "adversarial thinking"; debate; and the approaches exemplified by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle (whom de Bono refers to as the "Greek gang of three" (GG3) Edward de Bono coined the term "The gang of three" to refer to three Greek philosophers: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Edward De Bono, Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking, Viking 1994 , page 36–38).