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Know any good books on critical thinking?

The Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan
How To Think About Weird Things - Schick & Vaugh
The Bible
 
Oldie but goldie: Straight and Crooked Thinking by Robert H. Thouless

You can find it at Neglected Books: http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=336
I like the review: Although there are many other texts on applying logic to argument, Straight and Crooked Thinking remains one of the most succinct and practically-applicable books ever written. One blogger named it as his favorite book of all time, describing it as “a concise work of supreme genius.”
 
I started with Demon-Haunted World by Sagan. I also found Fads and Fallacies by Martin Gardner to be a great start as well. It's a little dated, but many of the methods and claims used by psuedoscientists it describes are still quite relevant today.

My favorite dealing with math is Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and It's Consequences by John Allen Paulos.
 
Someone has already suggested this, but spelt an author's name wrong:

How To Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking For A New Age

by Theodore Schick, Jr and Lewis Vaughn.

This is a tremendous book, clear and a pleasure to read. You can really learn to use your brain effectively by studying this book.

:);)
 
My apologies for incorrectly spelling the authors name! But yes, an amazing book!
 
'Against All Gods' by A C Grayling. I had it recommended. It's really clear, unlike some of his other work which my reader and I have tried to follow, but gave up! It's quite a short book too.

'The Magic of Reality' by Richard Dawkins. this is definitely aimed at youngsters and is therefore straightforward and clear. As it's written by RD, I have of course decided to read it. (Above-mentioned reader reads a few pages each time as a change from the novel we're on.)
 
asydhouse said:
Someone has already suggested this, but spelt an author's name wrong:

How To Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking For A New Age

by Theodore Schick, Jr and Lewis Vaughn.

This is a tremendous book, clear and a pleasure to read. You can really learn to use your brain effectively by studying this book.

:);)
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I ended up receiving this book for free and I really enjoyed it.
 
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