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.