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How to think more and better : being reasonable in unreasonable times / William B. Irvine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irvine, William Braxton, 1952- (author).
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical thinking.
- Thought and thinking.
- Disinformation--Political aspects.
- Disinformation.
- Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects.
- Truthfulness and falsehood.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "This book offers a philosopher’s guide to cultivating rational, evidence-based thought amid political polarization and the spread of disinformation. It trains readers to replace emotional reactions with careful analysis when facing complex personal and societal challenges. The book instructs individuals to evaluate facts and weigh diverse perspectives instead of succumbing to instinct or hearsay. It provides practical strategies for intellectual self-transformation, including techniques for mindcare and mindcleaning. It also empowers readers to engage with challenging arguments actively and pursue truth through deliberate, critical thinking. Finally, the book emphasizes that applying these techniques across various aspects of life, from healthcare to civic decisions, consistently fosters more thoughtful and informed judgments." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- An invitation to think
- Part I : Belief, reconsidered
- What does it mean to believe?
- Coming to believe
- Proving and disproving claims
- Inconsistent beliefs
- Part II : Word problems
- Ambiguous words
- Emotive language
- Linguistic pitfalls
- Part III : Thinking our way through a complex world
- Understanding causation
- Solving problems in a complex world
- Making decisions in a complex world
- Part IV : Cognitive biases
- Confirmation bias
- What do you know?
- Along comes the internet
- Part V : Intellectual self-transformation
- Mindcare
- Mindcleaning
- Mind expansion
- Portrait of a thinker
- Thinking 101.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0197786863
- 0197786871
- 0197786855
- 0197786847
- 9780197786864
- 9780197786871
- 9780197786857
- 9780197786840
- OCLC:
- 1528195823
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