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The end of thinking? / Mark Stephens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephens, Mark, author.
- Series:
- Re: CONSIDERING
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thought and thinking--Religious aspects.
- Thought and thinking.
- Thought and thinking--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, New South Wales : Acorn Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Re:CONSIDERING invites you to look at what's familiar from an unfamiliar angle. To consider how we consider things - and how to do it better.What were you thinking?We all feel entitled to our opinion. Whether it be our take on politics, vaccines, parenting, or the value of religion, everybody wants to have their say - and everybody loves to be right.But do we know what it means to think well? Covering 'idiot brain', lobotomies, the difference between certainty and confidence, the nature of facts, and the virtue of intellectual hospitality, Mark Stephens invites you to consider not just what you think but how and why you think.Do we think only for ourselves, or also for the good of others?
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Contents
- Introduction: One Night in Tennessee
- What were you thinking?
- 1. A Thousand Ways to Fall
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Statistics
- A better way to fail
- 2. No, You're Not Entitled to Your Opinion
- Just the facts?
- You know what I think
- Ideas are power
- The problem of disrespect
- A better way to share opinions
- 3. Putting Experts in Their Place
- Everybody's an expert
- Putting too much faith in experts
- A better expertise: The value of intellectual humility
- 4. Finding Confidence, Not Certainty
- The way to confidence
- The advantages of confidence
- A better confidence: Intellectual courage
- 5. The Character of a Thinker: Humility, Hospitality, Love
- The virtue of thinking
- Humility
- Hospitality
- Love
- Conclusion: Confessions of an Imperfect Friend
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-647-53131-3
- OCLC:
- 1257079002
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