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In Think, Blackburn introduces major philosophical fields, such as epistemology, philosophy of the mind, free will, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion, by narrating how key figures in the history of Western philosophy including René Descartes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Ludwig Wittgenstein addressed key concepts in each.
The book's main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought: "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The book delineates rational and non-rational motivations or triggers associated with each type of thinking process, and how they complement each other, starting with ...
[13] [1] [14] The book's 2007 printing was for 400,000 copies. [2] Becoming a bestseller in 2007, [15] the book was the highest selling personal finance work on Amazon.com in 2015. [16] Vanguard wrote positively of the book, [17] and fashion designer Emilia Wickstead said it inspired her to become an entrepreneur. [18]
Think claims to refute Blink, the best-selling 2005 book by Malcolm Gladwell. [1] [2] It argues that United States and the West are in decline because of an intellectual crisis. Think contends that blink-like snap judgments are the cause of major failures such as the Hurricane Katrina response. Michael LeGault maintains that relying on emotion ...
He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. [1] [2] Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. [3] [4] Most of his books are promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success". Hill is a controversial figure.
The book finishes with the case of sexism suffered by Abbie Conant, when she was the trombone soloist of the Munich Philharmonic, and its director, Sergiu Celibidache, relegated her to minor positions, made her receive a lower wage than her male colleagues and looked down on her from 1980 to 1993, when she finally left the orchestra. Gladwell ...
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published by Random House on August 21, 1975. [1] [2] The book is about the many amazing 'thinks' one can think and the endless possibilities and dreams that imagination can create. The book's front cover depicts forty ...
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain is the third non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. The book was published on May 12, 2014, by William Morrow. [1]