Thinking For Yourself: How to Sharpen Your Ideas, Decisions, Arguments and Views

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In this practical, punchy and indepth guide to critical thinking, Michael and Fiona explore:
1. The subjectivity of truth - is the concept of my truth valid
2. How to make a skilful, well-informed argument.
3. The importance of escaping cognitive biases that sabotage smart decisions.
4. How to think clearly in an over-burdened, increasingly digitised world.
5. How to detect false claims and fake news.
6. How to make better career, relationship and financial decisions that actually work.
7. How to form your own opinions with confidence.

Author Bio

Michael Parker is the Headmaster of Oxley College in Southern NSW. He received Arts and Law degrees from Sydney University and worked briefly in a corporate law firm before turning his attention to Education. He has a Masters Degree in teaching Philosophy to children and has written six textbooks in the areas of Legal Studies, Philosophy in Schools, and English. Michael joined the Jane Curry Publishing team in 2012 withEthics 101: Conversations to have with your kids.A great success, the book has since been published in the USA in August 2013. The second book in this series,Talk With Your Kids: Big Ideas, was published in May 2014, along with a second edition ofEthics 101, aptly renamedTalk With Your Kids: Ethics. Michaels talents dont just lie in the world of Education publishing. He has hadtwo novels published, including a Young Adult NovelDoppelganger,whichwas shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award in 2007, and a childrens picture book,You Are A Star,which was published with Bloomsbury in the USA in September 2012. He is married and has two daughters.