Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 240
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-5381-3855-7 • Hardback • June 2020 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-5381-3856-4 • eBook • June 2020 • $36.00 • (£30.00)
Christopher W. DiCarlo, PhD, is a philosopher, educator, and author. He often teaches in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Toronto (in Scarborough) and at the Life Institute at Ryerson Univesity in Toronto. He is also a lifetime member of Humanist Canada and an Expert Advisor for the Centre for Inquiry Canada. He has been invited to speak at numerous national and international conferences and written many scholarly papers ranging from bioethics to cognitive evolution. He is the author of How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions. He is a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Department of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. DiCarlo is the Principal and Founder of Critical Thinking Solutions, a consulting business for individuals, corporations, and not-for-profits in both the private and public sectors. He is also the developer of the first Pilot Project in Canada to introduce Universal Critical Thinking skills into the Ontario Public High School curriculum. DiCarlo is also the Ethics Chair for the Canadian Mental Health Association (Waterloo/Wellington) and the Critical Thinking Advisor and Writer at Pixel Dreams Creative Agency in Toronto.
So You Think You Can Think is written in a very accessible style and form for modern readers. They’ll enjoy learning a lot about good arguments (and bad) - and how to tell the difference!
— Jan Narveson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo
DiCarlo breaks down the steps of critical thinking and the process of making a persuasive argument in this useful guide. To dissect core principles of argumentation, DiCarlo works through topics such as bias (biological, cultural, and ethnic), types of reasoning (deductive, inductive, and abductive), fallacies (red herrings and ad hoc), and how to address disagreement. . . . Those looking to critically engage with information or 'value discourse over hatred' will learn a lot from DiCarlo’s thorough study.
— Publishers Weekly