Connecting Analytical Thinking and Intuition: And the Nights Abound with Inspiration (SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences)

By: Anders Omstedt

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Synopsis: This book demonstrates how analytical thinking and intuition canbe systematically connected and trained. It is illustrated by figures andphotographs and includes creative and stimulating exercises. We are living in a world of increasing complexity, in whichperceiving reality accurately is increasingly important and difficult. Society's need to address "global grand challenges" requires that thescientific community initiates inter-disciplinary research programmes. Theseare often far removed from current programmes, which are usually based onintra-disciplinary science. Improving our understanding of complex problems andcommunicating this understanding to a large group of people from differentbackgrounds represents an important educational challenge. Connecting Analytical Thinking and Intuition stimulates studentsand scientists to improve their skills in thinking, communicating and learningmore about being humans. A guide to connecting analytical thinking and intuitionis presented using the "dream group" method developed by Montague Ullman, inwhich a group of 6-8 people systematically and carefully helps the dreamer toappreciate dreams. The importance of good memory, which can be trained throughrecalling the dreams, is also discussed in relation toscience and literature.