Thinking Skills for Professionals

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: ORIGINAL IDEAS Reprogramming our Thinking Asking the Right Questions Generating Ideas PART II: STRUCTURING OUR IDEAS Causal Thinking Conceptual Thinking Analysis 1: Second Order Thinking Conceptual Thinking Analysis 2: The Three-Step Technique Conceptual Thinking: Synthesis PART III: CREATIVE THINKING Problem Solving 1: Analogies Problem Solving 2: Adapting Structures PART IV: CRITICAL THINKING Thinking with Arguments 1: The Components Thinking with Arguments 2: The Connections Thinking with Evidence 1: Describing It Thinking with Evidence 2: Drawing Relevant Inferences Thinking with Evidence 3: Drawing Reliable Inferences Thinking with Language 1: Clarity Thinking with Language 2: Consistency PART V: MORAL THINKING : A CASE STUDY Moral Thinking 1: Generating Ideas Moral Thinking 2: Structuring Ideas Moral Thinking 3: Designing Solutions Moral Thinking 4: Evaluating Solutions Conclusion Glossary Index