Parallel thinking : from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking
by
 
De Bono, Edward, 1933-

Title
Parallel thinking : from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking

Author
De Bono, Edward, 1933-

ISBN
9780140230765

Personal Author
De Bono, Edward, 1933-

Publication Information
London : Penguin, 1995.

Physical Description
xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Contents
The wrong tackle -- ORder out of chaos -- Order -- The Socratic method -- How the Socratic method worked -- The doubters -- The search -- Criticism & removing 'untruth' -- Adversaries, argument & debate -- Parallel thinking -- Problem-solving -- The evolution of ideas -- The search for truth -- The truth -- Questions -- Definitions, boxes, categories & generalizations -- The value of boxes -- The problem of 'is' -- the tyranny of judgement -- Possibility vs. certainty -- Exploration vs. judgement -- Design vs. analysis -- Information vs. ideas -- Movement vs. judgement -- Crate vs. discover -- Inner world vs. outer world -- Alternatives -- Parallels -- Possibilities -- Designing a way forward -- Wisdom vs. cleverness -- Dialectic vs. parallels -- Action vs. description -- Value vs. truth -- Water logic & parallel thinking -- Overlap -- Change vs. stability -- New language devices.

Subject Term
Problem solving.
 
Thought and thinking.


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