THE WAY OF CRITICAL THINKING
Phil Barton
In this manual you will find a series of tips and mental models to think better while avoiding the most common cognitive biases and logical fallacies, how and why we are persuaded by people and advertisements and how to make better decisions.
After reading this book, you will realize that an important percentage of the people you hang out with (or hear about) are subject to reasoning errors, but this does not depend on intelligence (or at least marginally) but on habits, partial information and how our mind has been structured during evolution but, above all, it depends on our tendency towards cognitive economy: having to decide on the basis of rational reasoning requires longer times and many resources. In order not to overload our brains and to be able to cope with such continuous requests in a reasonable time without being exhausted, we are forced to use intuition and some cognitive (heuristic) shortcuts. This way of reasoning, however, makes us more likely to choose in an associative, metaphorical and casual way, more rarely in a probabilistic way.
Who is this book for?
To people who want to improve their ability to argue, to those who want to know the most common cognitive biases and logical fallacies but, also, to those who want to deepen persuasion, decision making, logic and some curiosities about the human mind. This book starts from the basics and, vertically, deepens most of the topics covered.
Duration - 3h 34m.
Author - Phil Barton.
Narrator - Gary Tredwell.
Published Date - Monday, 08 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Phil Barton ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
In this manual you will find a series of tips and mental models to think better while avoiding the most common cognitive biases and logical fallacies, how and why we are persuaded by people and advertisements and how to make better decisions. After reading this book, you will realize that an important percentage of the people you hang out with (or hear about) are subject to reasoning errors, but this does not depend on intelligence (or at least marginally) but on habits, partial information and how our mind has been structured during evolution but, above all, it depends on our tendency towards cognitive economy: having to decide on the basis of rational reasoning requires longer times and many resources. In order not to overload our brains and to be able to cope with such continuous requests in a reasonable time without being exhausted, we are forced to use intuition and some cognitive (heuristic) shortcuts. This way of reasoning, however, makes us more likely to choose in an associative, metaphorical and casual way, more rarely in a probabilistic way. Who is this book for? To people who want to improve their ability to argue, to those who want to know the most common cognitive biases and logical fallacies but, also, to those who want to deepen persuasion, decision making, logic and some curiosities about the human mind. This book starts from the basics and, vertically, deepens most of the topics covered. Duration - 3h 34m. Author - Phil Barton. Narrator - Gary Tredwell. Published Date - Monday, 08 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Phil Barton ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Way of critical thinking mixdown introduction
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 01
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 02
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 03
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 04
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 05
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 06
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 07
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 08
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 09
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 10
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 11
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 12
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 13
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 14
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 15
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 16
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 17
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Way of critical thinking mixdown chapter 18
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Ending Credits
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