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A short course in intellectual self-defense A short course in intellectual self-defense Normand Baillargeon 335 pages : 21 cm OL12177332W
This sentence is false This sentence is false Peter Cave Surveys paradoxes in philosophy, thinking, and language. OL15022527W
The hidden valley The hidden valley Felicia Law After landing on a remote and seemingly deserted island, a disparate group of shipwrecked monkeys, unaware that they are being watched by the monkey rulers of the island, tries to use its reasoning a… OL15082702W
Fallacies and Argument Appraisal Fallacies and Argument Appraisal Christopher W Tindale Fallacies and Argument Appraisal presents an introduction to the nature, identification, and causes of fallacious reasoning, along with key questions for evaluation. Drawing from the latest work on f… OL15188091W
Examkrackers MCAT Examkrackers MCAT David Orsay "Fourteen 60-minute full-length practice MCAT verbal exams in the new MCAT format ... [with] 2,240 detailed explanations for all answer choices--P. [4] of cover. OL15963617W
Academically Adrift Academically Adrift Richard Arum,Josipa Roksa A statistical analysis of survey responses, transcript data, and the Collegiate Learning Assessment to determine how well students learn during their first few years of college. The analysis shows a… OL16092689W
Thinking socratically Thinking socratically Sharon Schwarze xv, 320 p. : 23 cm OL16518033W
Emotional minds Emotional minds Sabrina Ebbersmeyer The thoroughly contemporary question of the relationship between emotion and reason was debated with such complexity by the philosophers of the 17th century that their concepts remain a source of ins… OL16704706W
Advances in Cognitive Systems Advances in Cognitive Systems Institution of Engineering and Technology The book has 17 chapters and deals with the following subjects: cognitive robotics system; adaptive systems; dynamical enactive cognitive architecture; cooperative decision model; virtual humans; neu… OL16937895W
A short introduction to preferences A short introduction to preferences Francesca Rossi Computational social choice is an expanding field that merges classical topics like economics and voting theory with more modern topics like artificial intelligence, multiagent systems, and computati… OL16955122W
Symbolic and quantitative approaches to reasoning with uncertainty Symbolic and quantitative approaches to reasoning with uncertainty Salem Benferhat,Philippe Besnard Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 6th European Conference, ECSQARU 2001 Toulouse, France, September 19–21, 2001 Proceedings<br />Author: Salem Benferhat, Philippe Be… OL16970475W
Symbolic and quantitative approaches to reasoning with uncertainty Symbolic and quantitative approaches to reasoning with uncertainty Thomas D. Nielsen Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 7th European Conference, ECSQARU 2003 Aalborg, Denmark, July 2-5, 2003 Proceedings<br />Author: Thomas Dyhre Nielsen, Nevin Lianwen… OL16971056W
Fundamental uncertainty Fundamental uncertainty Silva Marzetti Dall'Aste Brandolini,Roberto Scazzieri The subject of decision theory under non-standard uncertainty has become increasingly pertinent in many disciplines today. This volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the concepts and theories… OL16974609W
Excellent Sheep Excellent Sheep William Deresiewicz This book is a groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation's top schools should be -- but aren't -- providing: "The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless … OL17364755W
Critical Thinking For Students Learn The Skills Of Critical Assessment And Effective Argument Critical Thinking For Students Learn The Skills Of Critical Assessment And Effective Argument Roy van vii, 118 p. ; 25 cm OL17583689W
Future Logic Future Logic Avi Sion Future Logic is an original and wide-ranging treatise of formal logic. It deals with deduction and induction, of categorical and conditional propositions, involving the natural, temporal, extensional… OL17626065W
Introducing Logic (Introducing...) Introducing Logic (Introducing...) Bill Mayblin,Dan Cryan,Sharron Shatil Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, d… OL17775502W
Weaponized Lies Weaponized Lies Daniel J. Levitin It's raining fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions … OL18012168W
Faith in the age of uncertainty Faith in the age of uncertainty Sima Sharma Contributed articles. OL18308580W
Excellent sheep Excellent sheep William Deresiewicz As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critic… OL19667871W
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