The Critical Thinker's Dictionary: Biases, Fallacies, and

The Critical Thinker's Dictionary: Biases, Fallacies, and Illusions and What You Can Do About Them

'Know Thyself' advised the ancient Greek sages at a time when philosophers defined us as rational animals. Rationality was thought of as an ideal largely achievable by controlling the emotions and avoiding logical fallacies. Today, we know better. Biology and neuroscience have exposed the brain as a great deceiver. Unconscious biases drive us to believe and do things that the conscious mind explains in self-serving stories, making us appear more rational to ourselves than we really are. Modern science has taught us that rationality involves much more than just controlling the emotions and avoiding fallacies. Todayâ€™s rational animalâ€”what we call the critical thinkerâ€”must understand the unconscious biases that are directing many of our most important judgments and decisions. The Critical Thinkerâ€™s Dictionary explores the insights of ancient and modern philosophers along with the latest findings in such fields as neuroscience and behavioral economics to lay out the many obstacles and snares that await anyone committed to a rational life. The Critical Thinkerâ€™s Dictionary isnâ€™t a collection of dry definitions, but a colorful, three-dimensional portrait of the major obstacles to critical thinking and what we can do to overcome them.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-11-08
Format Kindle eBook

The Critical Thinker's Dictionary: Biases, Fallacies, and Illusions and What You Can Do About Them