Saturday, May 6, 2023

Top X books on critical thinking, as of May 1, 2023, for a high school level library

 Here are the top 25 books on critical thinking, as of May 1, 2023, for a high school level library in an international school, listed in no particular order:

  1. Critical Thinking: A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking, Better Decision Making, and Problem Solving - Jennifer Wilson (2023) [3]
  2. Critical Thinking: The 12 Rules for Intelligent Thinking by Jason Dyer (2022) [5]
  3. Critical Thinking: An Introduction (3rd edition) - Alec Fisher (2001) [5]
  4. The Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan (1996) [10]
  5. Manufacturing Consent - Edward S. Herman (1988) [10]
  6. A Rulebook for Arguments - Anthony Weston (2018) [5]
  7. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (2011) [5]
  8. The Art of Reasoning - David Kelley (2013) [5]
  9. Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life (3rd edition) - Richard Paul and Linda Elder (2012) [5]
  10. The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century - Brooke Noel Moore and Richard Parker (2013) [5]
  11. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (11th edition) - M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley (2017) [5]
  12. The Art of Thinking Clearly - Rolf Dobelli (2013) [5]
  13. Critical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research - Peter Nardi (2018) [5]
  14. The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake - Steven Novella (2018) [5]
  15. On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not - Robert A. Burton (2008) [5]
  16. How to Read a Book - Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren (1972) [5]
  17. "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan [4]
  18. "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman [5]
  19. "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion" by Jonathan Haidt [6]
  20. "How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age" by Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn [7]
  21. "Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life" by Richard Paul and Linda Elder [8]
  22. "The Elements of Reasoning" by Ronald Munson and Andrew Black [10]
  23. Source Criticism on the Schedule: Teaching Critical Thinking , Anna Rosenqvist, Stefan Ekecrantz, Springer Texts in Education 2023
  24. Joan Baron and Robert Sternberg’s (1987) anthology Teaching thinking skills: theory and practice 

  25. Jenny Moon’s (2007) Critical thinking: An exploration of theory and practice. 


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