"Thinking and Position: Critical Thinking Tools Everywhere in Life" Author: Richard Paul/Linda Elder Publisher: China Renmin University Press

A masterpiece by a thinking method that is popular all over the United States and an internationally recognized authority on critical thinking

Bring you deep insights and thoughts about human thinking

▎Introduction

This is a masterpiece by a master of critical thinking, a popular thinking method in the United States, and an internationally recognized authority on critical thinking. It brings you the most profound insights and best thoughts on human thinking. Xu Yan, Dean of the School of Psychology at Beijing Normal University, and Wang Lifei, Dean of the School of English at the University of International Business and Economics, wrote the preface and recommended it.

A changing world requires critical thinking, an unknown world requires dialectical thinking, and a complex world requires prudent thinking. No matter what you are doing, what you want, or how you feel, your way of thinking determines what you are doing, and the quality of your thinking will determine whether you will be rich or poor, strong or weak in the future...

Without the wisdom to see through the complexity of the problem, we cannot analyze the various aspects of the problem, nor can we define and obtain the information we need to solve these problems. We will be as confused as floating in the vast ocean. Powerful rational thinking tools can help you improve the quality of your thinking, sort out yourself, understand others, and see through the world!

The 3 Basic Functions of the Mind

The function of thinking is to produce meaning

The function of emotion is to monitor or evaluate the meaning that thinking can produce

The function of desire is to activate energy to initiate action and to align with our perceived cravings.

6 levels of growth for critical thinkers

· People without reflective consciousness

·Those who have reflective thinking

·Thinking enhancer at the starting point

·Thinking improver on the move

·Successful thinkers

·A comprehensive thinker

6 traits of successful thinkers

Good thinkers are always thinking about their thinking process

Good thinkers have clear goals

Good thinkers use some thinking "tools" to improve the quality of their thinking

Good thinkers are able to separate their thoughts from their feelings and needs

Good thinkers often break things down and analyze them

Good thinkers frequently evaluate their own thinking patterns

▎Editor’s Recommendation

A changing world requires critical thinking, an unknown world requires dialectical thinking, and a complex world requires prudent thinking. No matter what you are doing, what you want, or how you feel, your way of thinking determines what you are doing, and the quality of your thinking will determine whether you will be rich or poor, strong or weak in the future...

Expert Recommendation

What I appreciate most about the book "Thinking and Standpoint" is the viewpoint of "cognitive virtue" in the book. The author tells people that critical thinking is a personality quality, and high-quality critical thinking should have the characteristics of fairness, inclusiveness, trust in reasoning, cognitive humility, independent thinking, cognitive courage, cognitive perseverance, and unity of knowledge and action.

——Xu Yan, Dean of the School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University

Traditional and rigid ways of thinking will restrict our development, which requires us to use critical thinking to constantly learn, reflect frequently, and regularly evaluate our work and lifestyle. The book "Thinking and Standpoint" provides a scientific guide for those who are willing to cultivate their own thinking ability, and also provides a very valuable reference for teachers, students and friends.

——Wang Lifei, Dean of the School of English, University of International Business and Economics, and member of the Higher Education English Major Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education

Paul and Elder have made it their mission to develop fair-minded critical thinkers. In Thinking and Standing, they share their deep insights into thinking, their best thinking about thinking. This book challenges us to accept its challenge and become better in every way, using our best thinking as a tool to seek social justice.

-- Daryl Watkins, Chair of Leadership at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Richard Paul and Linda Elder's recent collaboration advocates for conscious thinking and choices, and Thoughts and Standpoints is rich with examples that provide effective ways to uncover faulty thought processes, examine inherited values, and enhance our ability to pursue a peaceful world.

--Richard Ramana, Director of Academic Assessment, Bronx Community College, City University of New York

Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder have developed an approach that contrasts the tendency to accept critical thinking as a necessity with the vague interpretations that once characterized it. Thinking and Standing challenges its readers to draw from a wide range of examples to develop effective reasoning about the challenges that beset humanity.

--Julie Steven DeJorge, professor of Spanish at the University of Central Missouri

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