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This probably depends on what people are looking for. I agree with you that developing the habit of thinking critically is important (this is ostensibly the goa

by jgwil2 7y ago

This probably depends on what people are looking for. I agree with you that developing the habit of thinking critically is important (this is ostensibly the goal a liberal arts education and was once highly valued). However, I think many on seeing the title "Books on Critical Thinking" will expect resources for learning about and improving formal reasoning. For this, there's no substitute for the study of mathematical logic and math more generally.

bananamerica 7y ago
> there's no substitute for the study of mathematical logic and math more generally I disagree with that account. I realize I'm on hacker news, but I must say that philosophical logic is extremely valuable in itself, and can be successfully studied without any concern for mathematics. I actually know a bunch of brilliant mathematicians, and their reasoning skills on informal reasoning are totally average.