Critical Thinking: Analyze, Doubt, Form Your Opinion

Critical thinking is one of the key competencies of the future human. The ability to question and analyze any information is an excellent way to protect yourself from deception and manipulation. Tom Chatfield urges us to analyze everything everywhere: at work, in study, and in everyday life, and provides practical recommendations on how to do this. The author lists signs by which one can recognize falsehood and distinguish true arguments from false ones. He introduces deduction, induction, and abduction, helps develop behavioral and cognitive strategies, and discusses the vast possibilities of language and rhetoric. The book is written with a remarkable sense of humor, containing many vivid examples and descriptions of various phenomena, paradoxes, and traps. It will be useful for anyone who does not want to be deceived by pseudo-logic, statistics, or convincingly sounding beautiful words.