Thinking with Concepts - Hardcover

Wilson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521068258 ISBN 13: 9780521068253

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1970

Synopsis

In his preface Mr Wilson writes 'I feel that a great many adults ... would do better to spend less time in simply accepting the concepts of others uncritically, and more time in learning how to analyse concepts in general'. Mr Wilson starts by describing the techniques of conceptual analysis. He then gives examples of them in action by composing answers to specific questions and by criticism of quoted passages of argument. Chapter 3 sums up the importance of this kind of mental activity. Chapter 4 presents selections for the reader to analyse, followed by questions of university entrance/scholarship type. This is a book to be worked through, in a sense a text-book.

About this title

Book Description:

Conceptual analysis as a specialized subject in its own right, which can be easily taught and learned.

About the Author:

Wilson is a columnist for Cadence magazine, who operates a design and drafting service based on AutoCAD in St. Louis Park. His work has ranged from control diagrams for electrical motors to design and manufacture of instrumentation and test equipment for extreme environments at a nuclear power plant experimental facility.

Trevor Wilson is Canada's leading consultant specializing in diversity management and employment equity. He is the President of TWI INc. His firm's clients include some of North America's largest and most progressive employers, including: IBM, Nortel, Ernst and Young, SHL/MCI Systemhouse and Bell Canada. Wison also won a world-wide search to work on a major diversity educational project for one of South Africa's largest employers, South African Brewery (SAB). Before founding TWI Inc. in 1996, Trevor Wilson was the President of Omnibus Consulting. Trevor has held several posts in the Ontario government, advising on issues of multiculturalism, race relations and human rights. He has been active in community affairs, serving on the City of Toronto Mayor's Committee on Race Relations, as Vice-President of Government Affairs for the African-Canadian Entrepreneurs, as well as the board of directors for the United Way of Greater Toronto. Trevor has been profiled often by the media, including the "Financial Post Magazine, Venture, "the "Toronto Star "and the "Globe and Mail.

" Mary Ann Sayers, former Organizational Development Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd., has over seventeen years of marketing, advertising, and communications experience. Her clients have included such major corporations as Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd., Manulife Insurance, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Vickers & Benson Advertising. She has a degree in Journalism and a background in Human Resource Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0521068258
• ISBN 13: 9780521068253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182