I Am Right You Are Wrong From This to the New Renaissance; from Rock Logic to Water Logic

Bono, Edward De

ISBN 10: 0670830119 / ISBN 13: 9780670830114

Published by Viking, London, 1990

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2 short creases to bottom rear flap of DJ close to the spine. ; 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 293 pages; Signed by author on fep. ; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Am Right You Are Wrong From This to the New Renaissance; from Rock Logic to Water Logic
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670830119
• ISBN 13: 9780670830114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A claim that we can now for the first time in history, begin to understand how the brain behaves as a self-organizing system in which information arranges itself into patterns. de Bono contends that logic and argument has proved very useful in dealing with technical matters but less so for dealing with human affairs. The implications of this change are spelled out in this book which suggests that humour is the most significant activity of the brain, that language is good at description but very poor on perception and that argument, the very basis of our adversarial systems, is a poor method of exchange. He also suggests that the brain is designed to set up belief systems and how our very tradition of truth and logic is only another belief system that sustains itself.

About the Author

Edward de Bono invented the concept of lateral thinking. A world-renowned writer and philosopher, he is the leading authority in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr de Bono has written more than 60 books, in 40 languages, with people now teaching his methods worldwide. He has chaired a special summit of Nobel Prize laureates, and been hailed as one of the 250 people who have contributed most to mankind.