Critical Thinking: Understand Your Brain and Improve Your Logic

ISBN-10
ISBN-13: 9798605995487
Series: Critical Thinking
Pages: 448
Language: English
Published: 2020-01-29
Author: Alex Houston

Description

Title 1: In this guide, you will see that you will get that chance. Topics such as the following will be discussed:The true meaning and definition of critical thinking.The main benefits (something you need to know to see the importance of it).What critical thinking traits include.A brief historical overview of how this theory came to existence.Intuition and its role in making such decisions.Biases and contexts that require some heavy problem-solving skills.How people use justifications and various arguments to back up their statements.Title 2: In this book, a wealth of information awaits you, including those important job skills of critical thinkers. Several ones will be highlighted that are specifically designed for certain positions. Hard skills, soft skills, and other critical thinking skills will be addressed.Last but not least, you will be enlightened with more insights into relevant reasoning, predispositions and biases, the meaning of language and words that shape our thinking, and various other smaller topics.Title 3: Special attention in this book is given to emotional maturity and intelligence. Their meaning, importance, and the methods to develop those qualities are highlighted elaborately. In the end, another chapter is all about moral character, how people develop it, what it does, etc.Title 4: Logical thinking is something everyone tries, but only some succeed. Do you think logically? You may be surprised by the answer.Topics include:How people fall into certain patterns of reasoning a certain way.How rationality and emotions can contradict each other, but don't always do so.Myths, truths, and logic related to stoicism.All the different aspects of logical reasoning you should know about.How people often deceive themselves and distort their moral compass.Title 5: Fallacies are everywhere. Basically, people of so many different cultures, backgrounds, and upbringings reach the wrong conclusions because the way they reason is false. It makes sense. Life is complex. We all make mistakes. We all contribute certain consequences to the wrong causes, and we base our opinion on a myriad of assumptions, which are based on previous experiences.Title 6: In this comprehensive guide, your cognitive abilities will be put to the test. Deep thinking will be your companion as you study the topics explained and outlined in here. For example, these topics are yours to comprehend once you go through the content:Historical anecdotes of the concept of critical thinking.Objectivity, its usefulness and applications.Theoretical thoughts about the opposite: The clutches of subjectivity.What skepticism can do: The pros, the cons, and the conditions that apply.