The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking: How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do (Thinker's Guide Library)

I had my doubts that this book would be useful to me, the average (but highly curious) person. Still, I bought it regardless, because I like to try my hand at engaging new concepts and challenging myself. What I found when I opened this book and began reading was something above and beyond my expectations. It was easy to understand, useful, and most importantly, both illuminating and practical, even for someone like myself with no academic background.It cleanly describes the logical processes inherent in every thought we have, alongside diagrams depicting the cycles that a thought goes through from start to conclusion. It even providing examples and simple challenges meant to help you deepen your understanding of and ability to use the concepts therein. The intent of the book is to make the reader cognizant of these processes and patterns that all of us go through when thinking and choosing to act, with the hope that it will provide us with the ability to refine the processes, make them clearer and more coherent, and to take control of our thoughts to our own benefit. This book, and all of the others like it that I own, are simply fantastic, and even if you've no intention to use them in an academic setting, they're still intensely useful for every day life and personal self-development.

This is a useful book for giving students a framework for critical thinking, accessing purpose, parsing individual and systemic biases and limitations, and understanding the tools.of analysis in a give field.

While the content is very basic, more a trip back into review of the fundamentals, it is a very good book. Kind of short, but good.. For those new to Analytics, it is a good introduction of talking points. If you have been around Analytics it is a very nice review.. True if you have other books she has written she has tendency to repeat material from book to book. However it seems to be more she is showing how some ideas, have many themes in common. It is well worth the time to read,, as to price, think that is a matter of personal opinion.This is a topic that can get complex very fast, and it is difficult to find summary of key ideas on this topic. This book does that, so I give it five stars.

This guide contains a wealth of content in a tight and well-written way. It provides a good check list and helpful considerations to ensure your analysis is complete and aware of any biases. An invaluable reference too to keep at close by at your finger tips.

Good book overall, however the section on the logic of ecology is so full of spelling errors that it is borderline comical. For a book on attention to detail and analyzing information this is an extremely poor oversight.

It's a template for improved thinking. Most of us are disorganized to some degree in our thinking processes. This little book, which is deceptively small, is actually quite vast in its re-organization potential.

Was taking a class that stressed critical thinking. This seems to be a buzz word for professors to use when asking you to answer essays. However, they don't really get into what it means to think critically. When you question them they claim you shoudl know. This book helps guide and give a good understanding of what it really means to think critically.I got a number of books like this from the same authors and they do repeat, but the price was right.

I like the clear presentation of the principles of critical thinking and have developed the Point of View that this is a subject that provides a foundation for any person's education. Without this, true education is not possible!

Trata-se de um livro pequeno, um resumo. Porém, o conteúdo é bom. Minha frustração foi com a parte física do livro. Esse livro foi impresso em papel sulfite de baixa qualidade, e não em papel tipicamente usado para impressão de livros. De um lado da página dá para ver as letras do outro lado. A fonte utilizada é desnecessariamente pequena. As letras não são pretas, e sim um tom de cinza escuro. A leitura fica desagradável e não é culpa dos autores. A partir das informações do pacote enviado, o livro foi aparentemente impresso (sob demanda) na Meta Impressão e Soluções Digitais LTDA, Cotia, SP.

es un buen libro, ayuda a pensar de manera ordenada. Es una buena opción para modificar nuestro pensamiento, y de esta manera lograr una mayor calidad del pensamiento

When you spend eight quid on a 'book' you hope it'll keep you entertained for a while. However, what I received in this case would be genuinely flattering to call a pamphlet. Running at a mere 56 pages including contents and index, what surprised me most was the amount of white space on each page. I've read TV guides that have managed to hold my attention for longer.

A practical and concise guide. Can help both skilled and unskilled thinkers. Stimulates everyday application in real life. Read it.