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Chapter 1 Thinking in a World of Accelerating Change and Intensifying Danger |
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The Nature of the Post-Industrial World Order |
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A Complex World of Accelerating Change |
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Change, Danger, and Complexity: Interwoven |
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The Challenge of Becoming Critical Thinkers |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Becoming a Critic of Your Thinking |
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How Skilled Is Your Thinking (Right Now)? |
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Become a Critic of Your Own Thinking |
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18 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Becoming a Fainninded Thinker |
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Weak Versus Strong Sense Critical Thinking |
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What Does Fairmindedness Require? |
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Intellectual Humility: Having Knowledge of Ignorance |
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Intellectual Courage: Being Willing to Challenge Beliefs |
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Intellectual Empathy: Entertaining Opposing Views |
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Intellectual Integrity: Holding Ourselves to the Same Standards to Which We Hold Others |
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37 | (2) |
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Intellectual Perseverance: Working Through Complexity and Frustration |
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39 | (2) |
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Confidence in Reason: Recognizing That Good Reasoning Has Proven Its Worth |
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41 | (3) |
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Intellectual Autonomy: Being an Independent Thinker |
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44 | (2) |
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Recognizing the Interdependence of Intellectual Virtues |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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Natural Versus Critical Thinking |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Self-Understanding |
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51 | (12) |
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Monitoring the Egocentrism in Your Thought and life |
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52 | (2) |
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Making a Commitment to Fairmindedness |
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54 | (2) |
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Recognizing the Mind's Three Distinctive Functions |
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Understanding That You Have a Special Relationship to Your Mind |
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57 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 The First Four Stages of Development: What Level Thinker Are You? |
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Stage 1 The Unreflective Thinker---Are You an Unreflective Thinker? |
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Stage 2 The Challenged Thinker---Are You Ready to Accept the Challenge? |
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Stage 3 The Beginning Thinker---Are You Willing to Begin? |
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Stage 4 The Practicing Thinker---Good Thinking Can Be Practiced Like Basketball, Tennis, or Ballet |
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Chapter 6 The Parts of Thinking |
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Reasoning Is Everywhere in Human Life |
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Does Reasoning Have Parts? |
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Beginning to Think About Your Own Reasoning |
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The Elements of Thought: A First Look |
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An Everyday Example: Jack and Jill |
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The Elements of Thought in Relationship |
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The Relationship Between the Elements |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (4) |
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Thinking with Information |
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Distinguishing Between Inert Information, Activated Ignorance, and Activated Knowledge |
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Some Key Questions to Ask When Pursuing Information |
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108 | (2) |
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Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions |
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110 | (6) |
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Understanding Implications |
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116 | (3) |
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Thinking Within and Across Points of View |
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119 | (2) |
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Using Critical Thinking to Take Charge of How We See Things |
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The Point of View of the Critical Thinker |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 The Standards for Thinking |
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127 | (40) |
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Taking a Deeper Look at Universal Intellectual Standards |
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129 | (1) |
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Clarifying a Problem You Face at Work |
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130 | (2) |
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In Search of Relevant Facts |
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132 | (9) |
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Bringing Together the Elements of Reasoning and the Intellectual Standards |
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Question at Issue or Problem to Be Solved |
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144 | (1) |
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Point of View or Frame of Reference |
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145 | (1) |
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Information, Data, Experiences |
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146 | (1) |
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Concepts, Theories, Ideas |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Implications and Consequences |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Your Thinking: Brief Guidelines |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (14) |
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Chapter 8 Design Your Life |
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Fate or Freedom: Which Do You Choose? |
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167 | (1) |
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Recognizing the Dual Logic of Experience |
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Social Forces, the Mass Media, and Our Experience |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (6) |
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Implications for the Design of Your Life |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 The Art of Making Intelligent Decisions |
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183 | (16) |
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Thinking Globally About Your Life |
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184 | (1) |
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Evaluating Patterns in Decision-Making |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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The Logic of Decision-Making |
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187 | (4) |
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Dimensions of Decision-Making |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Taking Charge of Your Irrational Tendencies |
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199 | (32) |
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199 | (6) |
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205 | (2) |
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"Unsuccessful" Egoeentrism |
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207 | (4) |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (11) |
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Pathological Tendencies of the Human Mind |
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226 | (3) |
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The Challenge of Rationality |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Sociocentric Tendencies |
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231 | (22) |
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The Nature of Sociocenrrism |
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231 | (2) |
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Sociocentric Thinking as Pathology |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (1) |
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Sociocentric Thinking Is Unconscious and Potentially Dangerous |
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238 | (1) |
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Sociocentric Use of Language in Groups |
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239 | (1) |
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Disclosing Sociocentric Thinking Through Conceptual Analysis |
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240 | (1) |
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Revealing Ideology at Work Through Conceptual Analysis |
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241 | (2) |
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The Mass Media Foster Sociocentric Thinking |
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243 | (7) |
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Freedom from Sociocentric Thought: The Beginnings of Genuine Conscience |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Chapter 12 Developing as an Ethical Reasoner |
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253 | (30) |
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Why People Are Confused About Ethics |
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254 | (3) |
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The Fundamentals of Ethical Reasoning |
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257 | (2) |
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Ethical Concepts and Principles |
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259 | (4) |
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The Universal Nature of Ethical Principles |
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263 | (3) |
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Distinguishing Ethics from Other Domains of Thinking |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (3) |
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Ethics and Social Conventions |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (7) |
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Understanding Our Native Selfishness |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (1) |
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Chapter 13 Analyzing and Evaluating Thinking in Corporate and Organizational Life |
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283 | (28) |
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Critical Thinking and Incremental Improvement |
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284 | (1) |
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An Obstacle to Critical Thinking Within Organizations: The Covert Struggle for Power |
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285 | (2) |
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Another Obstacle: Group Definitions of Reality |
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287 | (2) |
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A Third Obstacle: The Problem of Bureaucracy |
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289 | (1) |
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The Problem of Misleading Success |
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290 | (2) |
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Competition, Sound Thinking, and Success |
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292 | (5) |
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Assessing Irrational Thinking in Organizational Life |
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297 | (6) |
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The Power of Sound Thinking |
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303 | (2) |
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Some Personal Implications |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (3) |
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309 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Strategic Thinking: Part One |
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311 | (20) |
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Understanding and Using Strategic Thinking |
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311 | (2) |
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Components of Strategic Thinking |
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313 | (1) |
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The Beginnings of Strategic Thinking |
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314 | (1) |
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Key Idea#1 Thoughts, Feelings, and Desires Are Interdependent |
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315 | (4) |
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A Caveat: Powerful Emotions That Seem Disconnected from Thought |
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319 | (1) |
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Key Idea #2 There Is a Logic to This, and You Can Figure It Out |
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320 | (7) |
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Key Idea #3 For Thinking to Be of High Quality, We Must Routinely Assess It |
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327 | (2) |
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329 | (2) |
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Chapter 15 Strategic Thinking: Part Two |
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331 | (22) |
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Key Idea #4 Our Native Egoeentrism Is a Default Mechanism |
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331 | (1) |
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Key Idea #5 We Must Become Sensitive to the Egoeentrism of Those Around Us |
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336 | (2) |
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Key Idea #6 The Mind Tends to Generalize Beyond the Original Experience |
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338 | (3) |
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Key Idea #7 Egocentric Thinking Appears to the Mind as Rational |
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341 | (2) |
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Key Idea #8 The Egocentric: Mind Is Automatic in Nature |
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343 | (2) |
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Key Idea #9 We Often Pursue Power Through Dominating or Submissive Behavior |
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345 | (3) |
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Key Idea #10 Humans Are Naturally Sociocentric Animals |
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348 | (2) |
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Key Idea #11 Developing Rationality Requires Work |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (2) |
A Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts |
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References |
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441 | (2) |
About the Authors |
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Index |
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