Bibliography

Critical & Skeptical Thinking

Cognitive Biases, Cognitive Heuristics, & Intuition

• Dawes, R. M. (1988). Rational choice in an uncertain world. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
• Dawes, R. M. (2001). Everyday irrationality: How pseudo-scientists, lunatics, and the rest of us systematically fail to think rationally. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Gilovich, T. (1991). How we know what isn't so: The fallibility of human reason in everyday life. New York: Free Press.
• Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
• Kahneman, D., Slovic, P., & Tversky, A. (1982). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Meehl, P. E. (1954). Clinical vs. statistical prediction: A theoretical analysis and a review of the evidence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
• Myers, D. G. (2002). Intuition: Its powers and perils. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Nisbett, R., & Ross, L. (1980). Human inference: Strategies and shortcomings of social judgment. Prentice-Hall.
• Piatelli-Palmarini, M. (1994). Inevitable illusions: How mistakes of reason rule our minds. Wiley & Sons.
• Stanovich, K. E. (1999). Who is rational? Studies of individual differences in reasoning. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Sutherland, S. (1994). Irrationality: Why we don't think straight! Rutgers University Press.
• Turk, D. C., & Salovey, P. (Eds.) (1988). Reasoning, inference, and judgment in clinical psychology. New York: Free Press.

Reasoning & Thinking Skills

• Baron, J. (2000). Thinking and deciding (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Halpern, D. F. (2003). Thought & knowledge: An introduction to critical thinking (4th ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (1991). Developing reflective judgment: Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass Publishers.
• Kuhn, D. (1991). The skills of argument. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Kurtz, P. (1992). The new skepticism: Inquiry and reliable knowledge. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
• Patten, B. M. (2004). Truth, knowledge, or just plain bull: How to tell the difference. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
• Pigliucci, M. (2000). Tales of the rational: Skeptical essays about nature and science. Atlanta, GA: Freethought Press.
• Sagan, C. (1996). The demon-haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark. Random House.
• Schick, Jr., T., & Vaughn, L. (2002). How to think about weird things: Critical thinking for a new age (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
• Shermer, M. (1997). Why people believe weird things. Freeman.

Education, Learning, & Teaching

• Barker, D. (1990). Maybe yes, maybe no: A guide for young skeptics. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
• Graff, G. (2003). Clueless in academe: How schooling obscures the life of the mind. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• McPeck, J. E. (1981). Critical thinking and education. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Irrational Thinking: Social & Cultural Influences

• Glassner, B. (1999). The culture of fear: Why Americans are afraid of the wrong things. New York: Basic Books.
• Hofstadter, R. (1963). Anti-intellectualism in American life. New York: Vintage Books.

Miscellanea

• Collins, P. (2001). Banvard's folly: Thirteen tales of people who didn't change the world. New York: Picador USA.
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