Home › Ethics & Moral Philosophy › Rethinking How We Think: Integrative Meta-Perspective and the Cognitive "Growing Up" On Which Our Future Depends (The Evolution of Creative Systems Th

Rethinking How We Think: Integrative Meta-Perspective and the Cognitive "Growing Up" On Which Our Future Depends (The Evolution of Creative Systems Th

by Charles M. Johnston

A case for more systemic thinking

Regular price $15.19 USD
Regular price $25.32 USD Sale price $15.19 USD
Save 40%

Paperback New

Delivery to your door
In stock·Dispatches in 1–2 business days
Standard shipping* from $4.35
Standard shipping transit* 5–8 business days after dispatch

Faster options are available.

Rates and delivery estimates depend on your destination and item quantity. Estimates are informational only; the final shipping method and rate are selected at checkout.

Secure checkout
American Express Apple Pay DiscoverGoogle Pay Mastercard PayPalVisa
30-day eligible returns Returns & refunds policy

AlbakiReads Editorial

A case for more systemic thinking

Charles M. Johnston examines why familiar ways of understanding may be inadequate for the challenges he sees facing society. The book develops the idea of a more mature “common sense”: an integrative, systemic perspective that connects new ways of understanding with new ways of acting. It also considers what makes this kind of thinking different, why Johnston argues it matters, and how it can be practiced. Framed around the possibility of addressing complex shared challenges through changes in perspective, the book belongs to a philosophical discussion of ethics, maturity, and the evolution of collective thought.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in philosophy and ethical questions about society’s future.
  • Readers exploring systems thinking and changes in how people understand complex challenges.
  • Readers looking for a short book about practicing new ways of thinking and acting.

Themes

Integrative and systemic thinkingMaturity and the development of common senseSocial challenges and collective action

Based on publisher information and book metadata.

Book overview

Rethinking How We Think addresses the new ways of thinking and acting that legitimate hope for the future necessarily depends on. From the book's back cover: "Look closely at any of the most critical questions ahead for the species and we find an easily unsettling shared theme. Not only do usual answers fail us, usual ways of thinking fail us. Essential challenges of every sort are requiring not just fresh insights, but whole new, more mature and systemic, ways of understanding.

 

In this short book, one of today's most respected and innovative social thinkers confronts what makes needed new ways of understanding new and why they are inescapably important. He also addresses ways they can be practiced and how, when we are ready for them, they can feel like common sense. Rethinking How We Think explores the conceptual underpinnings of the future's needed 'new common sense."

 

Rethinking How We Think describes how, while our times present immense challenges, in the end what is being asked of us is straightforward. You can think of it as a new "common sense." What is different is that this is a maturity of common sense that we are only now beginning to grasp and becoming able to apply.

Shipping & returnsShipping options, delivery timing, and our return policy.

In-stock items normally dispatch within 1–2 business days. The ZIP-code estimator on this page is informational only; the final shipping method, price, and availability are confirmed at checkout for your full order.

For the initial delivery estimate we use these transit windows after dispatch: Standard 5–8 business days, Expedited 2–4 business days, and Priority 1–2 business days. Holiday delays are not included.

Eligible items can be returned within 30 days in accordance with our return policy.

Customer reviews