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  • Competitive Sensemaking: An Upgrade to Common Sense on Disagreement

    by John Nerst ...
    Public debate is how societies do their thinking. To keep our shared belief systems functional we must know how to disagree constructively, and exactly what goes wrong when we don't do so. Why and how do communication failures make public discourse incoherent, dysfunctional, and polarized?This book goes through it all, integrating the details of communication with grand social dynamics:Why don't ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Five Minds for the Future

    We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that's certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed?In Five Minds for the Future, bestselling author Howard Gardner shows how we will each need to master "five minds" that the fast-paced future will demand:The disciplined mind, to ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mental Immunity

    Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think

    by Andy Norman ...
    " Mental Immunity is the perfect vaccine for the mind-viruses infecting our culture: alternative facts, fake news, and conspiracy thinking, to name a few." —Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Believing BrainAstonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence. Anti-vaxxers compromise public health. Conspiracy ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facing the Center

    Toward an Identity Politics of One-to-One Mentoring

    In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores the pedagogical dynamics and implications of identity within the writing center.The face of the ... Read more

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  • Relationship Anarchy

    Occupy Intimacy!

    A non-fiction best-seller that intertwines the principles of social anarchism with an extension of politics to interpersonal relationships.This «relationship anarchy» endeavors to be a real revolution sparked from our affections, rooting not only in the long tradition of anarchism but also in contributions from the most recent sociology, anthropology, feminism, queer theory, and non-monogamous ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ask a Philosopher

    Answers to Your Most Important—and Most Unexpected—Questions

    by Ian Olasov ...
    The professor behind the Ask a Philosopher booth answers people's questions—from cosmic conundrums to personal quandaries and unexpected puzzlers.In 2016, philosophy professor Ian Olasov set up a folding table in front of the Brooklyn Public Library with a sign that read "Ask a Philosopher". It turned out that many New Yorkers were eager to discuss profound philosophical questions. Soon, Olasov ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • How to Think like a Philosopher

    Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced, and Rational Thinking

    "An essential, inspiring guide to the challenges of our time" from the author of the UK bestseller The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten (Sarah Bakewell, New York Times– bestselling author).By now, it should be clear: in the face of disinformation and disaster, we cannot hot take, life hack, or meme our way to a better future. But how should we respond instead? In How to Think Lik... ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Internet of Us

    Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data

    "An intelligent book that struggles honestly with important questions: Is the net turning us into passive knowers? Is it degrading our ability to reason? What can we do about this?" —David Weinberger, Los Angeles Review of BooksWe used to say "seeing is believing"; now, googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world’s information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sad Love

    Romance and the Search for Meaning

    As a woman with a husband and other partners, philosopher Carrie Jenkins knows that love is complicated.Love is most often associated with happiness, satisfaction and pleasure. But it has a darker side we ignore at our peril. Love is often an uncomfortable and difficult feeling. The people we love can let us down badly. And the ways we love are often quite different to the romantic ideals society ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Think Smart, Talk Smart

    How Scientists Think: a Guide to Effective Communication

    No one doubts that science underlies every tangible aspect of our lives, but few people apply its systematic style of thinking to improve their communication styles. To get the most out of science, its important to understand science as a style of thinking rather than just a forbidding collection of facts and mathematics. Individuals who learn how scientists collect evidence, evaluate facts, and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

    Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter

    From ancient times, philosophers, theologians, and artists have attempted to describe and categorize the defining virtues of civilization. In Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed, renowned education authority Howard Gardner explores the meaning of the title's three virtues in an age when vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature have deeply shaken our moral ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Engaging Minds

    Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching

    Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical moments in formal education: Standardized Education, Authentic Education, Democratic ... Read more

    $99.99 USD