It´s Time to Really THINK !

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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
1.  Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy by Simon Blackburn
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  "Think is a good general introduction to Philosophy and critical thinking."
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Thinking From A to Z
2.  Thinking From A to Z by Nigel Warburton
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  "Thinking from A to Z is arranged in a dictionary form and covers thinking skills and ways to make good arguments and spot the Bad ones. This book is an absolute Must."
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101 Philosophy Problems
3.  101 Philosophy Problems by Martin Cohen
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  "101 Philosophy Problems is a collection of problems which really makes you think about good reasoning and about the nature of our senses and all these what and where and how and if questions."
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The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods (CourseSmart)
4.  The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods (CourseSmart) by Julian Baggini
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  "The Philosopher's Toolkit is an excellent book that goes through all the major concepts and methods and tricky word of philosophy, really Sharpens your Thinking skills."
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Why Truth Matters
5.  Why Truth Matters by Ophelia Benson
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  "Why Truth Matters. A defence for reason, clear thinking and truth seeking. Debunking of fashionable nonsense."
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The Ascent Of Man : Complete BBC Series [DVD] [1973]
6.  The Ascent Of Man : Complete BBC Series [DVD] [1973] DVD ~ The Ascent of Man
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  "Brilliant TV series that combines sharp critical/scientific thinking with Humanism. The episode with the simultaneous advance of quantum physics and the rise of facism is one of the best TV shows ever"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

How We Know What isn't So: Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
7.  How We Know What isn't So: Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich
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  "How We Know What Isn't So explores thought traps that we all so easilly fall into like wishfull and/or biased thinking."
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Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Mind
8.  Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Mind by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
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  "Inevitable Illusions"
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How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic
9.  How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie
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  "How to Win Every Argument"
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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: And Ninety Nine Other Thought Experiments
10.  The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: And Ninety Nine Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini
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  "The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is a good collection of thought experiments which pose a moral or philosophical problem. Great book to stimulate and provoce your thought processes."
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On Bullshit
11.  On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
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  "The world is Full of bullshit often disguised as fancy sounding Idealism, learn to see it and be critical of it and stay away from it."
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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Everyday
12.  How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Everyday by Michael Gelb
The list author says:
  "Learn from the true renaissance Man. Be curious, learn continously, learn from mistakes, be comfortable with ambiguity are just some of the thinking skills of Da Vinci."
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Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic
13.  Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic by Bart Kosko
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  "Fuzzy Thinking, essential skills of a good thinker is to be comfortable with fuzzines, vaguenes, ambiguity, contradictions, paradoxes and simply Not Knowing"
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The Human Mind and How to Make the Most of it
14.  The Human Mind and How to Make the Most of it by Robert Winston
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  "The Human Mind is a first rate book about the nature of the human brain."
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
15.  Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
The list author says:
  "Freakonomics. Brilliant book that uses the number pattern skills of economy to detect patterns in human behavior and see the difference between what people say and then what they actually do."
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On Human Nature
16.  On Human Nature by Edward O Wilson
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  "On Human Nature is a very interesting look at the biological basis of human nature. What is determined by the Genes and what  is molded by the enviroment."
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The Human Zoo
17.  The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris
The list author says:
  "Another book that look at the animal side of humans. Too deny that humans are Naked apes is simply dangerous idealism divorced from reality."
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Think on These Things
18.  Think on These Things by J. Krishnamurti
The list author says:
  "Krishnamurti´s secular sprituality starts with what is real, the here and know and works from there instead of giving you high idealism to work up to. Truth is a pathless land."
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Monty Python's the Meaning of Life [Special Edition] [DVD]
19.  Monty Python's the Meaning of Life [Special Edition] [DVD] DVD ~ Terry Gilliam
The list author says:
  "A Masterpiece from Monty Python, critical humour at its best. Really undermines our beloved ideas about society and religion and man´s quest for the meaning of it all. Brilliant on so many levels."
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The Complete Far Side
20.  The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson
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  "The Complete Far Side is a comic masterpiece. Turns so many things upside down that it really make you think about why are things like they are and could they be otherwise, and it´s great Fun too."
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The Real Frank Zappa Book (Picador Books)
21.  The Real Frank Zappa Book (Picador Books) by Frank Zappa
The list author says:
  "The cynical, sarcastic and very intellectual humour of Frank Zappa cuts through ideoligical crap and looks humorously at live and things as they really are"
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We're Only in it for the Money
22.  We're Only in it for the Money by Frank Zappa
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  "We're Only in It for the Money. Brilliant music that is a blend of Rock, jazz and modern classical with lyrics that are highly humorous and at the same time sharply critical of human nature."
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The Remains Of Tom Lehrer
23.  The Remains Of Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer
The list author says:
  "The Remains of Tom Lehrer. Humour is a brillant way to poke fun at  old/stale ideas and silly human behaviour. Lehrer is a Master of all that, brilliant stuff."
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The Matrix [1999] [DVD]
24.  The Matrix [1999] [DVD] DVD ~ Keanu Reeves
The list author says:
  "The Matrix deals with a lot of interesting questions about conciousness  and what really is Real. And all in a movie that on the surface is an action thriller. Lots of stuff to bake you Noodle."
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The Name Of The Rose [1987] [DVD] [1986]
25.  The Name Of The Rose [1987] [DVD] [1986] DVD ~ Sean Connery
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  "The Name Of The Rose. The old monk is afraid of humour because when you start to laugh at something it is then a short step to start to doupt it and question it. The main fear of religious bigots"
£4.99   Used & New from: £1.76
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