5. Working with offenders
David Canter
in Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
‘Working with offenders’ looks at the settings where forensic psychologists work with convicted offenders and the types of assessment, risk management, and therapies that they carry out. ...
More
5. A chastened individualism? Existentialism and social thought
Thomas Flynn
in Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction
‘A chastened individualism? Existentialism and social thought‘ surveys the development of social responsibility in existentialist thought. Previous proponents of ‘authenticity’ like ...
More
4. How do we use what is in the mind? Thinking, reasoning, and communicating
Gillian Butler and McManus Freda
in Psychology: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘How do we use what is in the mind? Thinking, reasoning, and communicating’ introduces Daniel Kahneman's two systems of thinking, distinguished by their use of energy and different ...
More
1. What is thought?
Tim Bayne
in Thought: A Very Short Introduction
We think all the time. A life devoid of thought would not be recognizably human. It is one thing to think and another to understand thinking. ‘What is thought?’ considers this question by ...
More
3. The inner sanctum
Tim Bayne
in Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Thinking is a private activity. Thought can't be accessed by anyone else. This concept of thoughts is described as Cartesian after René Descartes. ‘The inner sanctum’ focuses on the ...
More
7. The ethics of thought
Tim Bayne
in Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Under what circumstances are we responsible for our thoughts? How can that responsibility be exercised? ‘The ethics of thought’ examines what lies at the heart of the nature of thought and ...
More
1. Introduction and history
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
in Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
Thinking is the essence of what it means to be human and defines us more than anything else as a species. The remarkable success of humans, far ahead of all other animals, is based on our ...
More
3. Thinking hypothetically
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
in Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
A remarkable feature of human intelligence is our ability to think hypothetically. We can imagine how things might be in the future and how they might have turned out differently in the ...
More
6. Are we rational?
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
in Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
Human thinking and reasoning can be compared with a ‘normative’ standard—a formal theory of right and wrong answers. The normative theories mostly applied are decision theory, probability ...
More
7. From dual processes to two minds
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
in Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
There has been a large amount of attention to dual processing in psychology, but with many different theories and much variation in terminology. ‘From dual processes to two minds’ reviews ...
More
Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Tim Bayne
Thought: A Very Short Introduction looks at the nature of thought. Beginning with questions about what thought is and what distinguishes it from other kinds of mental states, ...
More
4. Brute thought
Tim Bayne
in Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Do animals think? What do they think about? Can they make predictions? It is clear that there are profound differences between the cognitive capacities of humans and those of non-human ...
More
3. Evolving trust and cooperation
Katherine Hawley
in Trust: A Very Short Introduction
Where does the concept of trust fit into evolutionary theory? The gene selection idea has a disadvantage: it appears unable to explain the altruistic behaviour of certain animals. ‘Evolving ...
More
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
Michael Beaney
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces some of the key ideas of the founders of analytic philosophy—Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Ludwig ...
More
Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer
Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction describes the nature, varieties, and justifications of utilitarianism, from its origins to arguments that draw on current research in ...
More
Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and ...
More
Introduction
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
One claim often made about analytic philosophy is that it places great emphasis on clarity of thinking, precision of expression, and rigour of argumentation. But other intellectual virtues ...
More
1. The Image of Nietzsche
Michael Tanner
in Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, almost wholly neglected during his sane life. ‘The Image of Nietzsche’ highlights the immense impact of his work after his death. ...
More
4. Decision making
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
in Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
We make a decision every time that we do something when we could have done something else, but most of these decisions are habitual and require little thought. ‘Decision making’ explains ...
More
5. How can we think more clearly?
Michael Beaney
in Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
Analytic philosophy places great emphasis on clarity. But what does ‘clarity’ mean and how can we think more clearly? How does clarity connect with other virtues of analytic philosophy? ...
More
