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Master Your Mind: Critical-Thinking Exercises and Activities to Boost Brain Power and Think Smarter

Marcel Danesi

Sharpen critical thinking skills and power your brain-for life

Think of your mind like a muscle. It must be exercised regularly to get stronger-and for you to get smarter. Master Your Mind will get your brain in shape by helping you cultivate the principles of critical thinking through perplexing puzzles, engaging exercises based on real-world scenarios, interesting case studies, and practical strategies.

This modern critical thinking workbook will teach you how to be on your toes mentally, filtering information, decoding it logically and with reason, and assessing it for validity. You'll learn to think twice-perhaps three times-and become a better decision-maker and problem-solver.

Master Your Mind delivers:

  • An effective approach-Get a concise look at critical thinking skills, including analysis, objectivity, evaluation, reasoning, deduction, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Fun activities-Explore challenging, logic-based exercises that are based on real-world experiences, and learn to develop essential skills in your personal and professional life, especially in the digital age.
  • Mental fitness for life-Learn best practices to incorporate critical thinking into your daily existence for the long term, always keep an open mind, and become a lifelong learner.

Train your brain so you can become smarter and more creative with this complete critical thinking workbook.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Rockridge Press
  • Publish Date: Sep 8th, 2020
  • Pages: 152
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.25in - 7.50in - 0.42in - 0.81lb
  • EAN: 9781647393267
  • Categories: LogicPersonal Growth - General

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About the Author

Danesi, Marcel: -

MARCEL DANESI is a professor of linguistics anthropology and semiotics at the University of Toronto, and has composed puzzles for Reader's Digest as well as a blog for Psychology Today, discussing the significance of many types of puzzles. He abides by the principle that even though some puzzles may take more patience to solve, they all should be "do-able" and eventually lead to a grasp of the solution.

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Praise for this book

"Professor Danesi provides readers with a user-friendly, concise step-by-step set of practical tools, activities, and exercises designed to develop critical thinking skills that will allow them to navigate the challenges of daily life with an internalized and methodical system of analytical principles designed to enhance their ability to make good choices through logical and rational decision-making." --Frank Nuessel, PhD, University of Louisville
"It is rare to find a philosophical book that is challenging and powerful but also enjoyable, informative, and useful. Marcel Danesi's Master Your Mind is that rare book. This is a book we should all get our hands on." --Michael Lettieri, Professor and Vice-Dean, Academic Experience, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga