Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativity/innovation ?

Posted by technology on Monday July 02, 2012 @05:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

So what are some good books on the above topic ? I've added the top 3 higher order skills from Bloom's taxonomy.

You can perhaps recommend books on that specific skill ?

http://www.fitnyc.edu/files/pdfs/CET_TL_BloomsTaxonomy.pdf

1. Analysing (Systems thinking, categorizing, classifying, differentiating, interconnections, test, compare, criticize, discriminate, distinguish, examine parts)

2. Evaluating (Critical thinking, syllogism, logic, argumentation, judgement, relate, critique, summarize, compare, weight)

3. Creating (Creativity, experimenting, innovating, hypothesizing, developing, designing, organizing, planning, producing, inventing, constructing )

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by inetsee on Monday July 02, 2012 @07:49AM (#4188431)

I would suggest that you take a look at the Less Wrong website ("http://lesswrong.com). It describes itself as "A community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality". There is a wiki, and "sequences", which are sets of posts on particular topics organized into a recommended order of reading. The posts on the website are very strong on critical thinking and analysis, not so much on creativity/innovation (in the context of new business/new product creation).

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by eswat on Monday July 02, 2012 @08:23PM (#4191799)

I have not finished it yet, but I think Pragmatic Thinking & Learning has a lot to offer in all three.

http://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learni...

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by SuperChihuahua on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @06:12PM (#4200975)

3. Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation - Download free here: http://www.themedicigroup.com/the-medici-effect

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by chillax on Monday July 02, 2012 @06:26AM (#4188231)

3. What about Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson (http://www.amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-From/dp/15944853...)?

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by s_henry_paulson on Monday July 02, 2012 @07:02AM (#4188311)

Most of us have probably read it, but:

http://37signals.com/rework/

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Re:Ask HN: books on critical thinking, analysis and creativi... by 4midori on Saturday July 14, 2012 @01:21PM (#4244752)

"Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure" by Tim Harford

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