Logic & Critical Thinking

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Failure to Communicate Facts are not Enough with George Lakoff From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Lakoff described frames as metaphors and conceptual frameworks that we use to interpret and understand the world. They give meaning to the words we hear more than the other way around, because …	James Hoggan	7	2016	$0.70 Add
From A Failure to Communicate Matters of Concern with Bruno Latour From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Latour told me we should put aside matters of fact and focus instead upon matters of concern, a conclusion he arrived at after having studied everything from environmental crises to atmospheres …	James Hoggan	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From A Letter to my Granddaughter about Dartmouth From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	You just turned 17 this month, granddaughter, and you’ll be leaving the nest for college soon, I suppose. I wish you wouldn’t, but I know better than to say that, so at least let me …	John Taylor Gatto	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From Accepting What Is From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	Accepting the reality of the global eco-social crisis nurtures intrinsic hope because it gives us the possibility of doing something about it. By saying yes to our situation — even a …	Kate Davies	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Afterword Invitation to an Open Conspiracy: The Bartleby Project From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	The whole diseased empire of institutional schooling is, like the wonderful one-horse shay, extremely fragile. Its most vulnerable point, the glue that holds the thing together, is standardized …	John Taylor Gatto	14	2010	$1.40 Add
From Being Present From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	The first habit of hope I’d like to discuss is being present. This means paying attention to whatever is going on and not getting sidetracked or distracted — in other words, living …	Kate Davies	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Conclusion Pandora's Gift From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	Intrinsic hope is a choice we can each make every moment of our lives. We can’t choose the circumstances of our birth and we may not have much choice about the circumstances of our death, …	Kate Davies	5	2018	$0.50 Add
From Developing Strategies – Revisited From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	The preceding seven chapters introduced a series of behavior change tools that can be incorporated into a communitybased social marketing strategy. To showcase how to utilize these tools, a …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	7	2011	$0.70 Add
From Duped and How Self-Regulating Psychopath with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	An over reliance on facts and a questionable belief in the power of reason contribute to today’s toxic conversations and acrimonious dialogue, but another area of great concern is …	James Hoggan	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From Duped and How Assault on Democracy with Alex Himelfarb From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Himelfarb believes that the Right prefers to shut down public discourse and that modern life makes it easy for this to happen. Issues of the common good often don’t make it to the table. It …	James Hoggan	7	2016	$0.70 Add
From Duped and How Silencing the Voices of Others with Jason Stanley From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Stanley explained there are a number of rhetorical and linguistic tactics that are being used now to silence people, and one of the most blatant is the misappropriation of words such as ethical …	James Hoggan	8	2016	$0.80 Add
From Duped and How Gaslighting Blurs our Reality with Bryant Welch From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Welch said that today’s gaslighters work in the public square to create confusion and prey on public vulnerability, using sophisticated forms of manipulation, mind games and PR spin. …	James Hoggan	6	2016	$0.60 Add
From Expressing Gratitude From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	When we are grateful, we naturally become more hopeful. By recognizing and appreciating the gifts we have been given, gratitude breeds hope. Gratitude doesn’t deny the mess we are in, but …	Kate Davies	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Hector Isn’t the Problem From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	I was the official New York State Teacher of the Year when I quit on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal, because I couldn’t stand to hurt children any more.	John Taylor Gatto	7	2010	$0.70 Add
From Incident at Highland High From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Last January, a sixteen-year-old German girl — shy and well-behaved — was arrested in her home in Nuremberg, Germany, by fifteen armed policemen. Her crime was homeschooling. Reading …	John Taylor Gatto	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From Instrinsic and Extrinsic Hope From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	We have the means to uncover the intrinsic hope that is inherent in all life. We can use our pain and suffering to uncover the positivity and love of intrinsic hope. We can acquire an emotional …	Kate Davies	18	2018	$1.80 Add