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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451402503321

Autore

Gigerenzer Gerd

Titolo

Rationality for mortals [[electronic resource] ] : how people cope with uncertainty / / Gerd Gigerenzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-971641-2

1-281-34220-3

9786611342203

1-4356-4210-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Evolution and cognition

Disciplina

153.4/3

Soggetti

Reasoning (Psychology)

Thought and thinking

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-229) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Bounded and Rational; 2. Fast and Frugal Heuristics; 3. Rules of Thumb in Animals and Humans; 4. I Think, Therefore I Err; 5. Striking a Blow for Sanity in Theories of Rationality; 6. Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire; 7. What's in a Sample? A Manual for Building Cognitive Theories; 8. A 30 Percent Chance of Rain Tomorrow; 9. Understanding Risks in Health Care; 10. The Evolution of Statistical Thinking; 11. Mindless Statistics; 12. Children Can Solve Bayesian Problems; 13. In the Year 2054: Innumeracy Defeated; Bibliography; Name Index; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program. This volume (which follows on a previous collection, Adaptive Thinking, also publishe