Ask HN: Best books written on “How to think”?

11 points by r_singh 19 hours ago

I feel like talking about how to think is going to be a bigger topic of discussion going forward now that we have AI, and dependence on software is really going to the next level — so since I've always gotten such amazing recommendations on HN, I had to ask this here

jruohonen 19 hours ago

Thinking is writing and writing is thinking, and thus also we've been pretty intense about the topic for a long time:

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=how+to+write

Just two cents.

BOOSTERHIDROGEN 9 hours ago

from previous thread, a lot of good suggestions.

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33797862
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33224904

nofalsescotsman 18 hours ago

A succinct book which is a good primer for thinking through things is "Rulebook for Arguments" by Anthony Weston. Quick to get through and understandable.

jackgolding 9 hours ago

Learning to Learn the coursera course is always recommended

nextos 17 hours ago

I really like The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods by Baggini & Fosl.

HenryBemis 14 hours ago

  - Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
  - Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  - The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living Hardcover by Ryan Holiday

brudgers 17 hours ago

Philosophical Investigations

LLM’s are mechanisms simulating playing language games.