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  • Art of Deception

    An Introduction to Critical Thinking

    Now reissued for contemporary readers, this entertaining primer on critical thinking has been teaching people to think and speak more clearly for more than four decades. Do you know when you're being deceived? Can you trust the information coming from Washington, the media, and the Internet? This classic work on critical thinking uses a novel approach to teach the basics of informal logic. On the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Mastering Logical Fallacies

    The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic

    "If I have learned anything in ten years of formal debating, it is that arguments are no different: without a good understanding of the rules and tactics, you are likely to do poorly and be beaten."—HENRY ZHANG, President of the Yale Debate AssociationYour argument is valid and you know it; yet once again you find yourself leaving a debate feeling defeated and embarrassed. The matter is only made ... Read more

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  • How to Speak How to Listen

    Series series A Guide to Effective Communication
    From the author of the bestselling How to Read a Book comes a comprehensive and practical guide for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.With over half a million copies in print of his “living classic” How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and academic Mortimer J. Adler set out to write an accompanying volume on speaking and listening, offering the impressive depth ... Read more

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  • Experience And Education

    by John Dewey ...
    Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Stone Reader

    Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

    A timeless volume to be read and treasured, The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy.Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • How to Think About the Great Ideas

    From the Great Books of Western Civilization

    Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all men and women ponder in the course of life, such as "What is love?", "How do we decide the right thing to do?", and, "What does it mean to be good?" Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Western literature, history, and philosophy, the author considers ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Six Great Ideas

    This enlightening study is the result of group discussions at Dr. Adler's annual seminar in Aspen, Colorado, and conversations between Dr. Adler and Bill moyers filmed for public television.Each summer, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Informal Logic

    A Pragmatic Approach

    Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Adler's Philosophical Dictionary

    125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon

    Stimulating, engaging, and organized in an easy-to-use, A-to-Z format, Adler's Philosophical Dictionary is an ideal introduction to the history of the great ideas.The terms and concepts that have simulated thinkers from Aristotle onward come to life in the latest work by the man TIME magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman." Is the human soul immortal? What does it mean to know ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Critical Thinking Toolkit

    The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations.Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • The Public and Its Problems

    by John Dewey ...
    "The Public and Its Problems" by John Dewey is a seminal work in political philosophy and social theory that explores the nature of democracy, the challenges it faces, and the role of the public in addressing societal problems. In this thought-provoking book, Dewey examines the relationship between democracy, individualism, and the collective responsibility of the public. Dewey begins by ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Creative Experience

    Discover why the author of this book was given the title "The Prophet of Management"!Mary Parker Follett introduced her revolutionary ideas on industrial management and labor relations a century ago, inspiring major influence lasting until today on business administration.This book will show you democracy like you've never seen before. In a pragmatic approach, Follett bridges the gap between ... Read more

    $9.99 USD