Clear thinking and effective decision-making skills are two pillars of personal and professional success. But it can sometimes be hard to know if you’re making the right call amid a sea of options. Or ...

Is clear thinking even attainable? What even is clear thinking? Put simply, it’s using that clever little noggin of yours without overwhelming it with thoughts. When our minds entertain a lower volume ...

Julio M. Ottino (NAE) is dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Northwestern University, and Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P.

The first of the prose poems that dominate William Fuller’s Daybreak is called “Tractate,” but it reads nothing like a formal treatise in logic or philosophy. It begins with a trumpet blast: “When the ...

Malcolm Forbes postulated, “The role of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” Critical thinking needs receptivity to new ideas and perspectives, and willingness to reconsider one’s ...

I first encountered Daniel Dennett’s work in an undergraduate philosophy class. I read his Consciousness Explained, a massive, groundbreaking book that demolished everything I knew about the nature of ...

One of the education trends Texans should pay attention to is the way artificial intelligence is reshaping education. Reading and math will remain essential - read that again - they will remain ...

A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet that viewing art doesn't just move us emotionally—it changes how we think. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara found that people who viewed artistic ...

Have people forgotten the value of being alone with their own thoughts? That may sound strange in a world where people are constantly connected to one another. We can send a text in seconds, watch ...