Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments: How to Expand Your Mental Horizons, Understand Metacognition, Improve Your Curiosity, and Think Like a Philosopher

New way of thinking about thinking explored. Few examples were also given to explore thinking and thought experiments, good 10-12 examples

The book tells you a lot about thought experiments and how they can be used for our normal daily problems but with a structure in place for us to actually take decisions with a sense of clarity and great level of understanding conceots. Love the author for such a good book.

It is a good reference for some of the main problems in philosophy. Those who look for depth are not going to find it here, instead they will find a light but enlightening review of some interesting topics.

At first I thought it was another book of Einstein thought experiments, but after a while I realized the author was truly understanding the whole concept and even making me feel I understand too. It feels so open in his thoughts that I did not think I was reading but having a good dialogue with a friend.

Dieses Buch eignet sich definitiv nicht dazu, zu "lernen wie man denkt". Es handelt sich um eine Aneinanderreihung von Gedankenexperimenten zu verschiedenen Themen, die zumindest mir alle schon (lange!) bekannt waren. Beispielsweise Platos Höhlengleichnis, die Shakespeare produzierenden Affen oder Schrödingers Katze. Gerade bei letzterem wird zudem deutlich, dass der Autor nicht viel Ahnung von Physik hat.Auch sonst sind seine Ausführungen sehr oberflächlich, es handelt sich um (pseudo)philosophische Ergüsse rund um Unsicherheit und Unendlichkeit, Existenz und Identität, die Frage, ob wir unserer Wahrnehmung trauen können (oder doch nur der Traum eines Schmetterlings sind) etc.Alles weder tiefgründig noch originell.

This was a very well written and fun book to read, in addition to being super informative. It took me right back to my university years where I learned about the philosophers, but this was a way more user-friendly approach. It sparked great conversation between my husband and my kids and me, and has brought me some great insights into human behavior. I would definitely recommend it - but then again, I don’t know what’s going on inside your head or what you may or may not like ;)

This book is more about phylosophy than mental models helping you to think. At first I thought it would be like the "great mental models" books serie. It wasn't but I enjoyed it anyway, thought experiments are a great way to ask questions and reveal our values, perception of the world around us, and I actually think they can be great conversation starters.