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How To Become A Really Good Pain In The Ass: A Critical Thinker's Guide To Asking The Right Questions (2011)

by Christopher diCarlo(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1616143975 (ISBN13: 9781616143978)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Prometheus Books

review 1: Very much enjoyed this book. I'm not a philosophy major but appreciated all this book covered. It helps you understand where people are coming from and what they're influenced by. I didn't read this to learn to be a pain in the ass so much as to learn how to formulate a solid argument or position and this book covers that. I did find some of the topics a little hollow and overly lengthy but the author knew what he was trying to share so I'll just go with it.
review 2: Probably more like a 3.5 stars rating would be appropriate. Sort of a textbook on critical thinking and skeptical thinking as a PROCESS, rather than how it is more often viewed in the world at large as "not believing in anything." Definitely worth reading. It made me wonder/marvel at the fact tha... moret kids in school are not taught the tools of rational, logical thinking. Why is that, anyway?One somewhat petty annoyance I found in the book was the inclusion of a lot of unnecessary or superfluous "illustrations" or "figures." DiCarlo discusses at one point how a squirrel may run across the road as you pass over him with your car and yet not be struck, and that this is not "miraculous" but rather a function of luck and timing of that particular "dash" the squirrel makes. When he mentions the squirrel, he parenthetically notes: "see figure x" which is a photograph of a squirrel sitting on a feeder. Really? Did that enhance my reading experience? No. I found it odd... less

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