Good thinking
Subtitle: what you need to know to be smarter, safer, wealthier, and wiser
By: Guy P. Harrison
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781633880641
Subjects: Critical thinking; Brain; Philosophy; Social sciences; Cognitive psychology
Description: "Critical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. Harrison demonstrates in a detailed fashion how to sort through bad ideas, unfounded claims, and bogus information to drill down to the most salient facts. By explaining how the human brain works, and outing its most irrational processes, this book provides the thinking tools that will help you make better decisions, ask the right questions (at the right time), know what to look for when evaluating information, and understand how your own brain subconsciously clouds your judgment."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: The case for good thinking; title: Where do brains come from?; title: Exploring your brain; title: Who's minding the brain?; title: Bringing human vision into focus; title: Don't forget how memory works; title: The shadow brain; title: The enemy within; title: Three crazy things that live in your head; title: An alternate view of alternative medicine; title: Good thinking vs. bad ideas; title: Okay, so now what?