When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves

Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on climate change as a "hoax." And they blame the spread of COVID-19 on the 5G network or a Chinese cabal. Worse, bad thinking drives bad acting--it even inspired a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. In this book, Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro argue that the best antidote for bad thinking is the wisdom, insights, and practical skills of philosophy. When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People provides an engaging tour through the basic principles of logic, argument, evidence, and probability that can make all of us more reasonable and responsible citizens. When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People shows how we can more readily spot and avoid flawed arguments and unreliable information; determine whether evidence supports or contradicts an idea; distinguish between merely believing something and knowing it; and much more. In doing so, the book reveals how epistemology, which addresses the nature of belief and knowledge, and ethics, the study of moral principles that should govern our behavior, can reduce bad thinking. Moreover, the book shows why philosophy's millennia-old advice about how to lead a good, rational, and examined life is essential for escaping our current predicament. In a world in which irrationality has exploded to deadly effect, When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People is a timely and essential guide for a return to reason.

Politics & Social Sciences

Lawrence Shapiro

Philosophy

Princeton University Press

New Book Offers Keys to Putting Doctors in Control Now that health insurance reform has been passed and upheld by the Supreme Court, the real job of reducing the cost of healthcare needs to begin. But reducing healthcare costs is an extremely difficult job, one which requires out-of-the-box thinking to succeed. Fortunately, reducing variation in healthcare delivery offers a great deal of promise while giving doctors the say they deserve in making changes to healthcare workflow. In Quality Care, Affordable Care, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro explains how by using the simple but potent variation-reduction process, physicians can take charge of healthcare reform to improve health and reduce the cost of care. And he tells the real-life story of how the variationreduction program at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which he runs, saved $31 million by instituting a series of specialty-oriented variation-reduction programs. He also shares the five pillars of a successful variation-reduction program, and explains how providers can use these approaches to build their own in-house variation reduction effort. Don t miss this opportunity to understand and implement an approach to healthcare change which puts doctors in the driver s seat. This book offers a practical, hands-on guide to getting a variation-reduction program in place that physicians will sign up for. It offers a unique take from a physician leader who has personally led a highly-successful program and explains in plain language how to take advantage of his experience.

Quality Care, Affordable Care: How Physicians Can Reduce Variation and Lower Healthcare Costs

Medical Books

Administration & Medicine Economics

Greenbranch Publishing

Embodied Cognition

Taylor&Francis

The Talking, Feeling & Doing Workbook with CDAges: 6-10. By Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D. based on the work of Richard A. Gardner, M.D. This workbook is a fresh approach to helping counselors reach children. Covering 25 of the most common topics that concern kids, from anger to values, the activities in this unique workbook can be played as reward-based games. Each topic has three activities created for it. The first activity is simple questions that prompt discussion about the topic. The second activity involves storytelling, and the third activity involves a collaborative drawing between therapist and child. During each of the activities, a child can earn chips by participating fully. At the end of the activities, he/she can cash in the chips for prizes, treats, or privileges. 108-page workbook, spiral-bound, includes CD containing the activities in PDF files, so you can easily print out activities for in-session use.Note: This workbook was designed to extend the principles of the Talking, Feeling & Doing Board Game, as well as other techniques that Dr. Gardner (inventor of the board game) used, into a portable format that can give counselors a written record of children's responses.

The Talking, Feeling, & Doing Workbook

M.D.

Richard, Gardner

PH.D.

Childswork/Childsplay

Ages 5 - 12. Meet mark, a fourth-grader who knows he's not well liked. He begins to see his shortcomings and - with the help of his parents and teacher - learns to communicate, listen and cooperate. New friends quickly follow. Kids will especially love the entertaining illustrations.

Sometimes I Feel Like I Don't Have Any Friends (But Not So Much Anymore): A Self-Esteem Book to Help Children Improve Their Social Skills

Self-Help

Tracy Zimmerman

Self-Esteem

Ages 6 - 12. Based on cognitive and solution-oriented therapy, this reproducible double book provides written exercises and activities to help kids and parents find new ways to think about their problems. Part one consists of 18 solution activities for parents and teachers, including separate forms for parents, teachers, and children. Part two consists of 14 solution activities for kids, including a battle plan for children to complete that helps make the problem the 'enemy' and motivate change.

Kids' Solutions Workbook

Lawrence E. Shapiro

Shapiro, Lawrence

Ages 5 - 10. In this entertaining storybook, the Stop, Think and Go Bears teach Ryan to control his anger at home, at school and on the playground. The book comes with a sheet of stickers to be used with exercises at the end of the book.

Learning to Control Your Anger

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Children who have suffered trauma and loss need compassion, understanding, and counselors that can help them cope with ongoing stress while they heal from past hurts. This book was written by experienced trauma counselors who share their favorite techniques developed over dozens of years of working with children. The book includes a wide variety of techniques and comes with three different card games and a mini-board game.

55 Favorite Healing Activities For Children

Sharon McGee and Curtis Holmes

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