When good thinking goes bad
Subtitle: how your brain can have a mind of its own
By: Todd C. Riniolo
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781591025863
Subjects: Critical thinking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Some hallmarks of critically evaluating claims; title: Critical thinking in everyday life : what's your evidence?; title: Experts : benefits and limitations; title: Research methods : the double-blind procedure, the placebo effect, and the law of parsimony; title: Why strange coincidences are normal, and why the critical thinker is wary of second hand sources; title: The evolution of inconsistent critical thinking; title: The pros and cons of our evolutionary heritage; title: Humans : the great pattern-seekers; title: The interconnectedness of our pattern-seeking heritage with a biased cognitive system; title: The role of emotions in belief maintenance; title: Case examples : an ordinary critical thinker and a brilliant mind; title: Examples of inconsistent critical thinking : the influence of our beliefs; title: Global warming and psychic claims : a comparison; title: Politics and inconsistent critical thinking; title: Multicultural claims: are skeptic's sexist and racist?; title: Economists and skeptics : birds of a feather?; title: Does Santa Claus undermine critical thinking? : no, no, no.