The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and nonfiction writers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward. The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking-technique. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing. Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really counts: thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. It does not matter if you prefer taking notes with pen and paper or on a computer, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. And you can start right away.

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Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distills three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Whether you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals, Ericsson’s revolutionary methods will show you how to improve at almost any skill that matters to you.
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本书介绍了一种环形研究过程：思考-写作-修订-重新思考，并提出了在寻找话题、制定计划、收集资料、组织论据、起草初稿、修改润色等各个环节中贯彻以读者为中心原则的具体方法。如何将模糊的兴趣转为一个值得提出和解决的难题；如何建立一个论证，并让读者愿意接受你的观点；如何预知那些思维缜密且具有批判力的读者的不同意见，并适当地加以回应；如何撰写导言与结论，回答这个最棘手的问题：“那又怎样？”如何从读者的角度阅读自己的作品，因而知道该什么时候以及如何修改你的研究报告。

《论证是一门学问:如何让你的观点有说服力》不仅能使您在撰写文章和发表演讲时，清晰而有力地阐明自己的观点，还有助于您形成批判性的思维方式和怀疑精神。无论是进行调查研究、阅读论证类文章，还是赢得听众的信任，这本小册子都是您必不可少的有力帮手。简要论证有哪些基本规则？演绎论证有几种类型？因果论证的核心要义是什么？怎样进行概括与总结？如何正确地运用信息来源？口头论证需要更加注意什么？如何避免论证过程中容易出现的谬误？……
在这本简短精练的规则手册中，作者大量运用贴近生活的例证，归纳了45条进行论证时需要遵循的规则，以及在论证过程中常见的谬误和隐秘的陷阱，帮助您进行逻辑严谨的论证，得出有说服力的结论。
第一章至第六章讨论如何构建和评估简要论证。简要论证只是简单地提出理由和证据。通常只有几句话或一个段落。我们从简要论证开始是出于以下几个原因。首先。它们很常见：实际上它们极其常见，是人们日常对话的一部分。其次，较长的论证通常是对简要论证的详细说明，或者是将一系列简要论证连在一起。如果你首先学习书写和评估简要论证，那么你就能够把这项技能加以扩展，处理议论文或口头陈述中的详细论证。
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第七章带你从整体到局部地研究详细论证，同时你需要思考反对意见和其他可能性。第八章带你从上一步进入议论文写作。然后，第九章补充一些针对口头陈述的规则。同样。所有这些章节都以前六章为基础，因为像这样的详细论证本质上是对前六章讨论的简要论证进行组合和详细说明。……
《论证是一门学问:如何让你的观点有说服力》结尾有两个附录。附录一列举了各种谬误：这些使人产生误解的论证是如此地迷惑人、如此地常见，它们甚至有自己的名字。附录二提供了构建和评估定义的三个规则。在需要使用它们的时候就请使用吧！

《人类学讲义稿》为王铭铭教授多年来教学经验的精华，可称得上是专为国内学习人类学的学生量身打造的本土教材。全书分为上、中、下三篇：上篇系统分析了西方人类学的类别和发展路径；中篇集王铭铭教授多年研究体会，针对西方人类学，提出其局限，并探究解决这些局限的出路之所在。其中，必须强调的是，于内容上讲，三篇虽无轻重，可是就篇幅上看，下篇约占全书三分之二的篇幅，讲述了中国人类学的发展路径，细缕中国人类学在先辈们的努力下所取得的辉煌成就，同时，又看到了中国人类学在发展过程中存在的问题，最终，为中国人类学指出了一条自身特色与世界抱负相结合的道路。