7 books you should read that will make you a critical thinker

in #philosophy8 years ago

Thinking has been around since probably the first humans were around so learning to think critically and analytically will help you out a lot in life so here is a list of 7 books you can read to help you with that.

  1.  Thinking, Fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman
    1. Teaches you about the two systems of thinking
  2. How to read a book by Mortimer J. Adler
    1. This book will teach you how to look at a piece of text and analyze it critically
  3. Manufacturing consent by Herman and Chomsky
    1. This will teach you how to question everything
  4. Plato's dialogues
    1. Platonic philosophy 
  5. The demon haunted world by Carl Sagan
    1. Shows you how to tell the difference between pseudoscience and actual science
  6.  Predictably irrational by Dan Ariely
    1. The argument that refutes the common misconception that we act in rational ways 
  7. The art of deception by Capaldi and Smit
    1. teaches you the art of deception, persuasion etc.