Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think [Hardcover]

Make important decisions, evaluate evidence, and solve ethical dilemmas through seven powerful decision-making methods.This book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with with ethical dilemmas. Find out how experts think and how to apply these techniques to be a more effective decision-maker using seven powerful decision-making methods.This book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with with ethical dilemmas. Find out how experts think and how to apply these techniques to be a more effective decision-maker using seven powerful decision-making methods.This book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with ethical dilemmas. Cognitive scientist Denise D. Cummins clearly explains how experts in economics, philosophy, and science use seven powerful decision-making methods to tackle these challenges. These techniques include: logic, moral judgment, analogical reasoning, scientific reasoning, rational choice, game theory and creative problem solving. Updated and revised in a second edition, each chapter now features quizzes for course use or self-study.Part I: 1. The game of logic  what follows from what; 2. Moral judgment  how we tell right from wrong; 3. Analogical reasoning  the heart and soul of insight, discovery, and genius; 4. Scientific reasoning  proving what causes what; 5. Decision-making  choosing what is most likely to give you what you most want; 6. Game theory  when you're not the only one choosing; 7. Creative problem solving  turning what you don't want into what you do want; Part II: 8. Into the weeds of logic  how it's done; 9. Into the weeds of moral judgment  how it's done; 10. Into the weeds: analogical reasoning  how it's done; 11. Into the weeds of scientific reasoning  how it's done; 12. Into the weeds rational decision-making  how it's done;l#'