Bookstore

Here are some books we recommend for improving thinking skills. Some of the links will take you to amazon.com:

Our own textbook on critical thinking, by Dr. Joe Lau: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better
A very clear and concise book: Richard Epstein - The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking
Highly recommended. A short and useful introductory text. Very good for beginners, especially high school students: Anthony Weston - A Rulebook for Arguments. Fifth edition already.
David R. Morrow and Anthony Weston - A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A very good informal introduction: Graham Priest - Logic: A Very Short Introduction
An introduction to formal logic. Used to be the standard textbook for first year logic students at Oxford: Wilfrid Hodges - Logic
Harry Gensler - Introduction to Logic
Does not presuppose any background but advances very quickly. Highly recommended if you are interested in the connections between computation, mathematics and logic. Written by the late George Boolos, a brilliant logician and philosopher at MIT: Computability and Logic
Many advanced topics included: Theodore Sider - Logic for Philosophy
A good formal logic textbook if you want to learn about more advanced topics related to Gödel's incompleteness proof and computability theory, by Richard E. Hodel: Introduction to Mathematical Logic
Free online textbook on basic formal logic: http://tellerprimer.ucdavis.edu
A good logic self-study guide (PDF): Teach Yourself Logic 2017: A Study Guide
Entries on logic in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - These are articles that discuss some of the main issues in the philosophy of logic. They are difficult!

A modern classic on cognitive biases by a Nobel laureate: Daniel Kahneman - Thinking Fast and Slow
Richard Nisbett - Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking
A best seller focusing on cognitive biases: Rolf Dobelli - The Art of Thinking Clearly: Better Thinking, Better Decisions
Nigel Warburton - Thinking from A to Z. A short handbook on critical thinking, with many entries on typical fallacies.
Fallacy files - A comprehensive online directory of fallacies.

Highly recommended. A short booklet with a deceptively simple idea: James Webb Young - A Technique for Producing Ideas
What creative artists do, but useful for other domains as well: Will Gompertiz - Think Like an Artist
Creative habits by famous dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp - The Creative Habit
A classic. Especially useful for problem-solving in science and mathematics: George Pólya - How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method