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Creative and Critical Thinking

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I first read this book as a 17 year old....that was a long time ago and it is still one of the books that has most affected my life (I am now 50 years old). It is in some ways a very simple book to read, but the totality of it's information in terms of its' effect on the thinking process is quite profound. If everyone read this book, our society would be markedly different, and much less superficial. Unfortunately most humans are not critical thinkers. It is not one of those mystical 'new wave' - "how to improve yourself" texts. It is information that can be applied to your everyday life from the trivial to the vastly important. It is a very basic building block on how to really understand what is going on and if what is being said has validity. I firmly believe it is a book that should be required reading of every educated freshman in college. It has given me the ability to continue to think "out of the box" and not become stagnant. I recommend it for anyone who values thinking.

Creative and Critical Thinking is a text on development of thinking skills. This book deals with techniques of effective thinking. I just got the book and I have spent more than several hours on it, I did the pre-reading, the skimming and I will go deeper on each chapter the following days. When I was looking for information I went to Amazon to see the reviews As Dr. Natachia Villamia wrote "I first read this book as a 17 year old....that was a long time ago and it is still one of the books that has most affected my life..." This is a significant book. This text deals with lot different factors in the thinking process based on logic presents the specifics skills for selecting and using information. Very easy to read, chapter one deals with decision making, chapter two introduces the fundamental logical concepts employed in the text, the text is divided in six parts:
Decision Making & Problem Solving
Probability and Induction
Meaning and Deduction
Ineffective Thinking
The Human Element
The Argumentative Essay
I recommend it, this is a book that worth the time reading and should be read by any one interested in the thinking process.

Creative and Critical Thinking is a text on the development of thinking skills. I was looking for a book on the subject but was not sure if this was the right book. It was part of my list of strategic leadership readings but there was very few information available about this text. Searching at AMAZON I was influenced to buy this book by Dr. Natacha Villamia Sochat review that writes "I first read this book as a 17 year old....that was a long time ago and it is still one of the books that has most affected my life...." This is a very complete text to improve thinking skills covering topics like logic, theory of creativity, emotional and cultural factors,descicion making... this should be a basic course for the development of effective thinking I recommend it for anyone

This was a textbook I had in college 40 years ago. I had loned my copy to someone who never returned it so I was happy to find this again. Critical and Creative Thinking is one of the best and most important courses I ever took in college and this is a great book.

I took a course in college (way back in the 70's) about critical thinking and this was our textbook. A wonderful book. Even today, I wonder why so many folks do not "think about things." They were not trained to do so, and we see this popping up in all sorts of ways. Bobblehead TV commentators and radio hosts being the most obvious examples.

Highly recommended. I have been looking for my copy in the "boxes in the garage" so I can give to my children; but if that search fails, I will buy some used copies and spread them around.