The Art of Thinking Critically

by Albert Rutherford

Would you like to ask the right questions, come up with strong arguments, detect biases and irrational reasoning but you don’t know how? The Art of Thinking Critically will help you with that! Using the latest analyses and best practices of some of the greatest thinkers, you can become a self-thought critical thinker who doesn’t accept things at face value. With the help of guided exercises, you will learn how to do your own research, think about information for yourself, and draw conclusions that stand true to you. Being surrounded by inaccurate and often misleading information can feel overwhelming. Become more astute and catch inconsistencies in others’ reasoning. Don’t be misled. - How to self-educate to think more critically.- Equip yourself with good questions and ideas on how to think for yourself. - Break out of herd mentality.- Develop a structure to incorporate critical thinking practices in your life. Human beings are generally curious and wish to understand the world better. But many of us weren’t taught effective questioning techniques as children. We were not encouraged to form opinions and were scolded for being too curious. So we didn’t learn how to properly question and assess the information we hear, read, and how to think for ourselves. But you can absolutely change that! Also, educate your children to be better equipped with critical thinking skills.

Genres: Logic, Nonfiction

Hardcover

Reviews

[Vui Lên · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

Sách đã dịch ra tiếng Việt với tựa là "Nghệ thuật tư duy phản biện"

Mình thấy cuốn này ổn nhất trong số một loạt cuốn đã dịch ra tiếng Việt. Có nói về kỹ năng đặt câu hỏi, có nói về thoát khỏi bẫy tâm lý, có phân tích sơ qua về thuyết âm mưu...

Sách dừng lại ở mức độ giới thiệu, chưa thể nào đạt tới nghệ thuật được. Mình thấy hợp với những bạn đang có nhu cầu tìm hiểu về tư duy phản biện ở mức độ cơ bản.

[James McAllister II · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to critical thinking but needs edited

This book was informational but the lack of grammar editing really took me out of it. Almost every page for the first three quarters of the book has missing words, wrong words or repeated words. For some reason, the last quarter of the book the grammar improved. It seems like the author had some form of autocorrect on while writing the book. The words are spelled correctly so they are not caught but just not used correctly. This caused me to continuously read a sentence over and over again in order to try and figure out what the author was trying to say. This really ruined the flow of the book for me and thus, the lower rating.

[Jonathan Woo · Rating 2 out of 5]

High level introductions to good, core concepts. Would benefit from more depth, clearer writing, and editing.

[Chris Boutté · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a great book on critical thinking. The author did a phenomenal job keeping this book short and sweet. I read a ton of books on becoming a better thinker, and this one felt unique and different. It teaches you how to question your own logic and assumptions, and you'll also learn about various biases and cognitive road blocks you may run into. I was pleasantly surprised by this book as well because I tried reading a different title from this author and wasn't a huge fan. This book is absolutely worth the read, though.

[Phùng Ngọc Tiến · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Cuốn này là bước đầu của mình trên con đường "shaping my thought". Nội dung khá đơn giản nhưng nếu làm theo phần hướng dẫn của tác giả thì năng lực đặt câu hỏi tốt lên đáng kể. Bản dịch ổn, nhiều chỗ còn tối nghĩa.

[Fladi Kelsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most impactful book I've read in a while