Good Thinking

Denise D. Cummins is a cognitive scientist, author, and elected fellow of the Association for Psychological Science in recognition for her research on thinking and decision-making. Her work has been featured in Psychology Today, PBS Newshour, BBC, and Scientific American.

• Part I: 1. The game of logic – what follows from what; 2. Moral judgment – how we tell right from wrong; 3. Analogical reasoning – the heart and soul of insight, discovery, and genius; 4. Scientific reasoning – proving what causes what; 5. Decision-making – choosing what is most likely to give you what you most want; 6. Game theory – when you're not the only one choosing; 7. Creative problem solving – turning what you don't want into what you do want; Part II: 8. Into the weeds of logic – how it's done; 9. Into the weeds of moral judgment – how it's done; 10. Into the weeds: analogical reasoning – how it's done; 11. Into the weeds of scientific reasoning – how it's done; 12. Into the weeds rational decision-making – how it's done; 13. Into the weeds of game theory – how it's done; 14. Into the weeds of problem-solving – how it's done; Appendix A; References.

'This book is a must-read in uncertain times. Drawing from real-life current events, Denise Cummins shows us how to apply powerful strategies to decide whether to trust what politicians and medical experts tell us, how to think clearly about ethical dilemmas, and how to overcome blocks to creative problem-solving.' Philip Fernbach, cognitive scientist and Professor of Marketing, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, and co-author of the best-selling book The Knowledge Illusion