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Autore |
Gigerenzer Gerd |
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Titolo |
Adaptive Thinking [[electronic resource] ] : Rationality in the Real World |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-83776-4 |
9786610837762 |
0-19-803117-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Collana |
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Evolution and Cognition Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Logic |
Reasoning |
Thought and thinking |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; I: Where Do New Ideas Come From?; 1. From tools to theories: A heuristic of discovery; 2. Mind as computer: The social origin of a metaphor; 3. Ideas in exile: The struggles of an upright man; II: Ecological Rationality; 4. Ecological intelligence; 5. AIDS counseling for low-risk clients; 6. How to improve Bayesian reasoning without instruction; III: Bounded Rationality; 7. Probabilistic mental models; 8. Reasoning the fast and frugal way; IV: Social Rationality; 9. Rationality: Why social context matters; 10. Domain-specific reasoning: Social contracts and cheating detection |
11. The modularity of social intelligenceV: Cognitive Illusions and Statistical Rituals; 12. How to make cognitive illusions disappear; 13. The Superego, the Ego, and the Id in statistical reasoning; 14. Surrogates for theories; References; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Where do new ideas come from? What is social intelligence? Why do social scientists perform mindless statistical rituals? This vital book is about rethinking rationality as adaptive thinking: to understand how minds cope with their environments, both ecological and social. Gerd |
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