18 books like How we think

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Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution. Shares: Community pick

Artificial inteligence and natural man Margaret A. Boden · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 556p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. Major theoretical approaches are outlined, as well as some promising recent developments. Fundamental philosophical questions are discussed along with… Shares: Pensée, Thinking, Thought and thinking

Computerdenken Roger Penrose · 1989 · ★ 3.7 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Advances the theory that despite burgeoning computer technologies, there will remain facets of human thinking that cannot be emulated by a machine. Shares: Pensée, Denken, Thinking, Thought and thinking

The Power of Focused Thinking Edward de Bono · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Ben shu fen wei qi ge bu fen, Fen wei bai se si kao mao, Hong se si kao mao, Hei se si kao mao, Huang se si kao mao, Lü se si kao mao he lan se si kao mao. Shares: Pensée, Denken, Thinking, Thought and thinking

Mindful Learning Craig Hassed · 2014 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), as pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, is now being successfully applied in myriad areas of human activity—and most recently, in education. It’s no surprise that psychologists and educators have found that mindfulness-based practices improve attention and performance and reduce stress in the classroom and in other school-based activities. This… Shares: Educational psychology, Thought and thinking

Como Crear Mapas Mentales Tony Buzan · 2002 · ★ 3.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Mind Mapping is a system of planning and note-taking that has changed the lives of people across the world. This guide explains how Mind Maps can make it easy to: - plan a presentation or report - think up Shares: Denken, Thought and thinking

Cours de philosophie positive Auguste Comte · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Auguste Comte publie de 1830 à 1842 son Cours de philosophie positive, dont les quatre volumes constituent un système philosophique englobant l’ensemble des branches de la connaissance, parmi lesquelles la science ultime, la nouvelle « physique sociale », ou « sociologie », qui envisage de manière globale l’évolution de l’esprit humain. Shares: Social sciences, Philosophy

Thinking, fast and slow Daniel Kahneman · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 672p · ≈ 22h · Moderate In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the… Shares: Thinking, Thought and thinking

Conceptual coordination William J. Clancey · 1999 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural networks. The author argues that these approaches are incomplete and not properly related to each other. His synthesis reconciles the very different conceptualizations of human memory assumed by these two approaches by assuming that 'what the brain remembers' is not a… Shares: Thinking, Thought and thinking

Critique of psychoanalysis Carl Gustav Jung · 1956 · ★ 4.2 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Extracted from Volumes 1, 8, and 18. Includes Jung's Foreword to Phenomènes Occultes (1939), "On the Psychology and Pathology of So-called Occult Phenomena," "The Psychological Foundations of Belief in Spirits," "The Soul and Death," "Psychology and Spiritualism," "On Spooks: Heresy or Truth?" and Foreword to Jaffé: Apparitions and Precognition. Shares: Educational psychology, Philosophy

The meaning of meaning C. K. Ogden · 1923 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism (1923) is a book by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards. It is accompanied by two supplementary essays by Bronisław Malinowski and F. G. Crookshank. The conception of the book arose during a two-hour conversation between Ogden and Richards held on a staircase in a house next to the Cavendish… Shares: Denken, Philosophy

The mechanical mind Tim Crane · 2003 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate How can the human mind represent the external world? What is thought, and can it be studied scientifically? Should we think of the mind as a kind of machine? Is the mind a computer? Can a computer think? Tim Crane sets out to answer these questions and more in a lively and straightforward way, presuming no prior knowledge of philosophy or related disciplines. Since its first publication, The… Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

La philosophie dans le boudoir, ou, Les instituteurs libertins Marquis de Sade · 1795 · ★ 3.4 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Sade a fait de sa sexualité une éthique, qu'il a manifestée dans une oeuvre littéraire. C'est par ce mouvement réfléchi de sa vie d'adulte qu'il a conquis sa véritable originalité. L'ouvrage se présente comme une série de dialogues retraçant l'éducation érotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans. Une libertine, Mme de Saint-Ange, veut initier Eugénie «dans les plus secrets mystères de… Shares: Social sciences, Philosophy

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think Brianna Wiest · 2018 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of… Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

Principles of Political Economy John Stuart Mill · 1848 · ★ 3.8 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Demanding The appearance of a treatise like the present, on a subject on which so many works of merit already exist, may be thought to require some explanation. It might perhaps be sufficient to say, that no existing treatise on Political Ecomony contains the latest improvements which have been made in the theory of the subject. Many new ideas, and new applications of ideas, have been elicited by the… Shares: Social sciences, Philosophy

As a man thinketh James Allen · 1902 · ★ 4.2 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Challenging As a Man Thinketh is a self-helphttps://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0426/10-best-self-help-books-of-all-time/As-A-Man-Thinketh-by-James-Allen "10 Best Self-Help-Books of All Time" at the Christian Science Monitor] book by James Allen, published in 1903. Shares: Thought and thinking, Philosophy

Sexuality (Key Ideas) Jeffrey Weeks · 1986 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Sexuality is the fifth revised and updated edition of the classic text for understanding human sexuality. This new edition brings the arguments and evidence fully up to date and explores their implication for many topical controversies, around LGBTQ+ rights, the trans experience and gender fluidity, same-sex marriage, sexual autonomy and consent, and the meanings of sexual choice.Since it was… Shares: Social sciences, Philosophy

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