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Lateral thinking

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Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. [1]

25 relations: An Enemy of the People, Beer, Coffee, Coffee cup, Cognitive Research Trust, Creativity, Critical thinking, Deductive reasoning, Derailment (thought disorder), Edward de Bono, Exaggeration, Henrik Ibsen, Inductive reasoning, John Kenneth Galbraith, Judgment of Solomon, Logic, Oblique Strategies, Parallel thinking, Po (lateral thinking), Reason, Serendipity, Situation puzzle, Six Thinking Hats, Status quo, Thinking outside the box.

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

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Beer

Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.

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Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant.

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Coffee cup

A coffee cup is a container that coffee and espresso-based drinks are served in.

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Cognitive Research Trust

The Cognitive Research Trust was founded by the Maltese physician and cognitive specialist Edward de Bono in July 1969.

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Creativity

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed.

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Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment.

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Deductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning, also deductive logic, logical deduction is the process of reasoning from one or more statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion.

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Derailment (thought disorder)

In psychiatry, derailment (also loosening of association, asyndesis, asyndetic thinking, knight's move thinking, or entgleisen) is a thought disorder characterized by discourse consisting of a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.

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Edward de Bono

Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (born 19 May 1933) is a Maltese physician, psychologist, philosopher, author, inventor and consultant.

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Exaggeration

Exaggeration is a representation of something in an excessive manner.

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet.

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Inductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning (as opposed to ''deductive'' reasoning or ''abductive'' reasoning) is a method of reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying some evidence for the truth of the conclusion.

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John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-born economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism.

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Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which King Solomon of Israel ruled between two women both claiming to be the mother of a child.

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Logic

Logic (from the logikḗ), originally meaning "the word" or "what is spoken", but coming to mean "thought" or "reason", is a subject concerned with the most general laws of truth, and is now generally held to consist of the systematic study of the form of valid inference.

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Oblique Strategies

Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is a card-based method for promoting creativity jointly created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, first published in 1975.

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Parallel thinking

Parallel thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono.

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Po (lateral thinking)

Po is a word that precedes and signals a provocation.

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Reason

Reason is the capacity for consciously making sense of things, establishing and verifying facts, applying logic, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

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Serendipity

Serendipity means an unplanned, fortuitous discovery.

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Situation puzzle

Situation puzzles are often referred to as lateral thinking puzzles or "yes/no" puzzles.

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Six Thinking Hats

Six Thinking Hats is a system designed by Edward de Bono which describes a tool for group discussion and individual thinking involving six colored hats.

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Status quo

Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues.

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Thinking outside the box

Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square) is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking

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