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Books like A Rulebook for Arguments
The best books like A Rulebook for Arguments are The Art of Thinking Clearly, Thinking, Fast and Slow, and Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking. A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston is about critical thinking, logic, argumentation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Art of Thinking Clearly
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Rolf Dobelli · Psychology
Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss entrepreneur and novelist who wrote a series of short newspaper columns on cognitive biases, later collected and expanded into this book.
Both dig into reasoning.
Read the summary → - Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Daniel Dennett · Philosophy
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking is Daniel Dennett's handbook for thinking well — a collection of seventy-odd conceptual tools assembled across a long career in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and evolutionary theory.
Shares critical thinking and argumentation with A Rulebook for Arguments.
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- Rationality: From AI to Zombies
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies
Eliezer Yudkowsky · Philosophy
Rationality: From AI to Zombies is a collection of Eliezer Yudkowsky's essays from LessWrong, organized into six books covering the theory and practice of thinking clearly.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg · Science
Jordan Ellenberg is a research mathematician who writes as if mathematics is something you would want to think about over dinner.
Shares critical thinking and logic with A Rulebook for Arguments.
Read the summary → - The Enigma of Reason
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Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber · Psychology
The standard account of human reasoning treats it as a tool for individual problem-solving that happens to malfunction under certain conditions.
Shares argumentation and reasoning with A Rulebook for Arguments.
Read the summary → - The Great Mental Models
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Shane Parrish · Self-help
The Great Mental Models is the first volume in Shane Parrish's series drawn from his Farnam Street blog, which he built into one of the most widely read sites on thinking and decision-making.
Shares critical thinking and reasoning with A Rulebook for Arguments.
Read the summary → - Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
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Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson · Psychology
Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson's central concern is that modern media, advertising, and politics have optimized for propaganda techniques that bypass critical reasoning and exploit psychological vulnerabilities.
Both dig into critical thinking.
Read the summary → - Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning
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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning
Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov & Lavrent'ev · Science
Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning is a three-volume survey of mathematics compiled by a group of eminent Soviet mathematicians, originally published in Russian in 1956 and translated into English by the American Mathematical Society in 1963.
Both dig into logic.
Read the summary → - The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
David Spiegelhalter · Science
David Spiegelhalter is one of Britain's most prominent statisticians, and this book is his attempt to translate statistical thinking for a general audience without dumbing it down.
Both dig into critical thinking.
Read the summary → - The Demon-Haunted World
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Carl Sagan · Science
The Demon-Haunted World is Carl Sagan's argument that science is not just a body of knowledge but a way of thinking — one that humanity needs badly and uses far too rarely.
Both dig into critical thinking.
Read the summary → - The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
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The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
David Robson · Psychology
The Intelligence Trap is science journalist David Robson's investigation into a paradox: high intelligence and education do not protect against bad reasoning, and can actively make it worse.
Both dig into critical thinking.
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Books like A Rulebook for Arguments: quick answers
What are the best books like A Rulebook for Arguments?
The best books like A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston are The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel Dennett, Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with A Rulebook for Arguments, such as critical thinking, logic, argumentation.
What should I read after A Rulebook for Arguments?
A natural next read after A Rulebook for Arguments is The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli. Both dig into reasoning. Other strong choices are Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel Dennett, Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
What books are similar to A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston?
A Rulebook for Arguments centers on critical thinking, logic, argumentation. Books with a similar feel include The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel Dennett, Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg, The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
