Perception is our main source of epistemic access to the outside world. Perception and Basic Beliefs addresses two central questions in epistemology: which beliefs are epistemologically basic (i.e. noninferentially justified) and where does perception end and inferential cognition begin. Jack Lyons offers a highly externalist theory, arguing that what makes a belief a basic belief or a perceptual belief is determined by the nature of the cognitive system, or module, that produced the beliefs. On this view, the sensory experiences that typically accompany perceptual beliefs play no indispensable role in the justification of these beliefs, and one can have perceptual beliefs-justified perceptual beliefs-even in the absence of any sensory experiences whatsoever. Lyons develops a general theory of basic beliefs and argues that perceptual beliefs are a species of basic beliefs. This results from the fact that perceptual modules are a special type of basic belief-producing modules. Importantly, some beliefs are not the outputs of this class of cognitive module; these beliefs are therefore non-basic, thus requiring inferential support from other beliefs for their justification. This last point is used to defend a reliabilist epistemology against an important class of traditional objections (where the agent uses a reliable process that she doesn't know to be reliable). Perception and Basic Beliefs brings together an important treatment of these major epistemological topics and provides a positive solution to the traditional problem of the external world. "This book deserves kudos. It presents one of the more novel versions of reliabilism to appear in recent years. The style is fast-paced and energetic, with no sacrifice in philosophical precision.

Perception and Basic Beliefs: Zombies, Modules, and the Problem of the External World

Politics & Social Sciences

Lyons, Jack

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Amazing coaches have amazing teachers, because success in the coaching profession is open to anyone willing to learn. When All Boats Rise takes this idea of apprenticeship to its core, inviting the reader to look over the shoulders of 12 field-leading coaches, so ANYONE - whether new to the profession or a fifty-year veteran - has that chance to learn. Through their open-hearted stories, practical tips, insights, reflections, explanations, and easy-to-apply tools, these authors add to the landmark concept that the best predictor of income is actionable commitment to service. What's more is that they show how taking on service as a way of being leads to many forms of prosperity, impacting life beyond the bank account. In these pages, you'll see this approach is foundational for anyone wanting to create a top-tier business, raving customers, prosperous practices, wonderful clients, and a life full of meaning and purpose. And, by taking on service as a way of being, any coach has access to powerful feelings of contribution, lasting relationships, spiritual fulfillment, personal growth, profound love, purpose-driven days, and the ability to make a real difference in people's personal and professional lives. In this book, learn how the world's top coaches place this way of being at the heart of their work, and understand for yourself how service truly is the 'rising tide that lifts all boats.'

When All Boats Rise: 12 Coaches on Service as the Heart of a Thriving Practice

Chandler, Steve

Ford, Melissa

Davis, Karen

Gerber, David

Appleby, Helen

Dorris, Chris

Hill, Nelson

Mahler, Gary

Palmucci, Anthony

Business & Money

B.C. Allen Publishing

The New Critical Thinking: An Empirically Informed Introduction

The New Critical Thinking

Ward, Barry

Routledge

This book aims to improve real-world critical thinking. Traditional critical thinking texts neglect two crucial facts. First, as psychologists have shown, many of our mistakes are caused not by faulty formal reasoning, but because we bypass it in favor of intuitive, often unreliable heuristics. Second, good critical thinking requires not only the proper assessment of inference, but also of our premises: the evaluation of information sources is of fundamental importance, especially in this internet era of fake news and politicized science. This highly innovative text is psychologically informed, both in its diagnosis of inferential errors, and in teaching students how to watch out for, and circumnavigate, their natural intellectual blind spots. It also incorporates insights from epistemology and philosophy of science to formulate best practices for assessing information sources on the internet and other media. The result is a practical, hands-on primer for real-world critical thinking. The authors bring more than five combined decades of classroom experience to the subject, covering the usual core topics of deductive, inductive, causal, and probabilistic inference, argument identification, reconstruction, and diagramming, while also extending the text's scope to include testimony, the nature and credibility of science, rhetoric, and dialectical argumentation. The Second Edition further develops and refines these innovations, combining in depth discussion of "fake news" and conspiracy theories with exercises and projects designed to teach broadly applicable source assessment skills. There is also a more nuanced positive account of science that emphasizes its continuity with commonsense causal reasoning. For instructors, there are additional online resources, notably banks of exam questions with solutions, and various class projects. Key Features: <ul> <li>Uses contemporary psychological explanations and remedies for pervasive errors in belief formation. No other critical thinking text generally applies this psychological approach.</li> <li>Rigorously addresses the evaluation of premises based on testimony, in particular, the testimony of internet sources.</li> <li>Carefully explains the concept of validity, paying particular attention to distinguishing logical possibility from other species of possibility.</li> <li>Uses frequency trees as a simple and reliable alternative to more complicated Bayesian methods.</li> <li>Uses arguments maps, which improve students' reasoning and argument evaluation.</li> </ul> Key Updates to the Second Edition: <ul> <li>Expanded discussion of the psychology of reasoning and belief, including treatment of motivated reasoning</li> <li>Uses a conventional truth-table based approach to propositional logic, while incorporating a more intuitive, psychologically informed approach to the logic of conditionals.</li> <li>New Summary Boxes.</li> <li>Enhanced treatment of testimony, with an expanded discussion of fake news, conspiracy theories and the application of general epistemic principles to navigate the extremes of gullibility and unmotivated skepticism.</li> <li>New exercises that emphasize practical, hands-on, source assessment skills.</li> <li>An improved discussion of the nature of science emphasizing the central role of causal inference, and the multi-generational, cumulative character of scientific knowledge.</li> <li>A new Index of Arguments, summarizing the most common argument forms and associated defeaters for the inductive forms.</li> <li>New online content, including exams and additional questions (plus solutions), suitable for upload to course management software (e.g., Blackboard etc.)</li> </ul> For online resources suitable for students and instructors, please see the appropriate link on the book's Routledge web page: www.routledge.com/9781032317281

Why is it so hard to learn critical thinking skills? Traditional textbooks focus almost exclusively on logic and fallacious reasoning, ignoring two crucial problems. As psychologists have demonstrated recently, many of our mistakes are not caused by formal reasoning gone awry, but by our bypassing it completely. We instead favor more comfortable, but often unreliable, intuitive methods. Second, the evaluation of premises is of fundamental importance, especially in this era of fake news and politicized science. This highly innovative text is psychologically informed, both in its diagnosis of inferential errors, and in teaching students how to watch out for and work around their natural intellectual blind spots. It also incorporates insights from epistemology and philosophy of science that are indispensable for learning how to evaluate premises. The result is a hands-on primer for real world critical thinking. The authors bring over four combined decades of classroom experience and a fresh approach to the traditional challenges of a critical thinking course: effectively explaining the nature of validity, assessing deductive arguments, reconstructing, identifying and diagramming arguments, and causal and probabilistic inference. Additionally, they discuss in detail, important, frequently neglected topics, including testimony, the nature and credibility of science, rhetoric, and dialectical argumentation. Key Features and Benefits: <ul>
<li>Uses contemporary psychological explanations of, and remedies for, pervasive errors in belief formation. There is no other critical thinking text that generally applies this psychological approach.</li> <li>Assesses premises, notably premises based on the testimony of others, and evaluation of news and other information sources. No other critical thinking textbook gives detailed treatment of this crucial topic. Typically, they only provide a few remarks about when to accept expert opinion / argument from authority.</li> <li>Carefully explains the concept of validity, paying particular attention in distinguishing logical possibility from other species of possibility, and demonstrates how we may mistakenly judge invalid arguments as valid because of belief bias.</li> <li>Instead of assessing an argument’s validity using formal/mathematical methods (i.e., truth tables for propositional logic and Venn diagrams for categorical logic), provides one technique that is generally applicable: explicitly showing that it is impossible to make the conclusion false and the premises true together. For instructors who like the more formal approach, the text also includes standard treatments using truth tables and Venn diagrams. </li> <li>Uses frequency trees and the frequency approach to probability more generally, a simple method for understanding and evaluating quite complex probabilistic information</li> <li>Uses arguments maps, which have been shown to significantly improve students’ reasoning and argument evaluation</li> </ul>

Features over 1,500 gigs, including set-lists, eye-witness accounts and background notes, backstage dramas, audience reactions, and on-stage rants. Now updated and amended to include all the concerts of the American tour of 2002 that was overshadowed by the sudden death of John Entwistle. With a foreword by Pete Townshend and contributions by leading Who commentators.

The Who Concert File

Biographies & Memoirs

McMichael, Joe

Arts & Literature

Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books

Burning Man is just a hedonistic music festival, a decadent party for burnouts, druggies, and hippies. Or so Diane believes, until an unexpected invitation from her closest friend opens a door to unknown possibilities.Leaving her carefully ordered life behind, Diane accepts her friend's invitation and immerses herself in the harsh, unfamiliar environment of Burning Man. After an intense, life-changing two weeks of unimaginable experiences, she emerges into a reality more extraordinary and rewarding than she ever could have hoped for or imagined.Diane's world will never be the same.WHAT IS BURNING MAN?A place made sacred by people who need a sacred place.Why are people drawn to Burning Man, and what brings them back again and again? What actually happens at the maligned, misunderstood, iconic event staged in the middle of a Nevada desert? More importantly, what happens to the people who go?

Into the Dust: The Virgin: A Burning Man Story

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Jack Lyons Author, LLC

Racing to the Dawn

Action & Adventure

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