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Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being logical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments-arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also requires studying and understanding illogical thinking, both to sharpen one's own skills and to protect against incoherent, or deliberately misleading, reasoning.
Elegant, pithy, and precise,...
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222 pages ; 22 cm
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Español
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"Los humanos somos los únicos seres vivos que podemos expresar nuestros pensamientos y sentimientos en forma de escritura. La capacidad humana de escribir tiene amplios beneficios para nuestra especie, ya que no solo sirve como un medio para comunicarnos sino que tiene implicaciones para el desarrollo del cerebro, las funciones cognitivas y la salud mental. El hecho de que las personas dediquen tanto tiempo a escribir y a leer historias apoya la...
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viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.
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ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A new way of thinking about selling that benefits both the seller and the client, Never Be Closing expands on the principles of Tim Hurson's first book, Think Better, to teach salespeople how to improve their results using a simple, repeatable framework. This isn't a book full of mundane tactics for cold-calling or closing a deal. This is a problemsolving approach that includes provocative ideas, such as ... - AIM, a conversational tool that drills...
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157 pages ; 20 cm
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[This book] is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume-- but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications such as The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America's culture wars. And in his years of confronting the big issues that divide...
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960 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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"A comprehensive guide to the most interesting and imaginative thoughts from the finest minds in history. Ranging from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Plato to today's cutting-edge thinkers, it offers a wealth of stimulation and amusement for everyone with a curious mind."--Front jacket flap.
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xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"A fearless guide to awakening your mind using simple visual language What do Einstein, Edison, Richard Feynman, Henry Ford, and JFK have in common? Like virtually all heavy-hitting thinkers, they looked beyond just words and numbers to get intellectual and creative insights. They actively applied a deceptively simple tool to think both smarter and faster: the doodle. And so can the rest of us-zero artistic talent required. Visual thinking expert...
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xi, 306 pages ; 25 cm
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Two experts in psychology and human behavior examine misperception and understanding, explaining why people fail to recognize the evidence right in front of them, and providing a kind of x-ray vision that will enable readers to conquer faulty thinking.
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vii, 311 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman delves into the science of attention in all its varieties and shows why high-achievers need focus, as demonstrated by rich case studies from fields as diverse as competitive sports, education, the arts, and business.
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"A quarter of a century after her first book, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin -- the "anthropologist from Mars," as Oliver Sacks dubbed her -- transforms our understanding of the different ways our brains are wired. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously understood, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the purest "object visualizers" like Grandin...
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As knowledge increases, the attitude of science towards the things of the invisible world is undergoing considerable modification. Its attention is no longer directed solely to the earth with all its variety of objects, or to the physical worlds around it; but it finds itself compelled to glance further afield, and to construct hypotheses as to the nature of the matter and force which lie in the regions beyond the ken of its instruments. Ether is...
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xiv, 496 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Daniel Dennett, one of the world's most original and provocative thinkers, takes readers on a profound, illuminating and highly entertaining philosophical journey as he reveals a collection of his favorite thinking tools, or "intuition pumps", that he and others have developed for addressing life's most fundamental questions.
A philosophy professor offers exercises and tools to stretch the mind, offering new ways to consider, discuss, and argue positions...
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xxviii, 156 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating,...
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