El Arte de Pensar / The Art of Thinking Clearly (Paperback)

from jen.e.moore

Is there a name for the fallacy of applying a logical fallacy where one does not apply? How about for the assumption that just because you helped edit a book that turned out to be brilliant, you also have a brilliant book in you? There's a little too much of both in this for me; gave up about six...

from blueviolent

FYI: I won this book from goodreads Giveaways, but that in no way influenced my review.The Art of Thinking Clearly presents a bunch of anecdotal evidence to support commonly known fallacies in logical thinking. You know that hindsight is 20/20, we cling to our narratives, and think we'll be like ...

from RajivC

It may seem a bit strange that I give this book a three star rating and not more than that. The book is fascinating in many ways, and it does a great service in revealing many of the fallacies that we live by. This is, however, a part of our character. This is us! There is enough human stupidity ...

from tina0822

The Art of Thinking Clearly is compiled of 2-3 page stories and examples of biases and mistakes we make in our every day thinking. Most chapters explains the reasoning and influences behind the way of thinking and suggests how we can change them. Overall it was a good read. I would recommend this...

from flydodofly

Good exercise and basis for interesting conversations. Quotes Kahnemann a little too often for my taste, but I suppose it is only in order to include every kind of behaviour/thinking and studies about it that seems relevant. I read it in German because was not sure whether it was written in Germa...