Rationality for Mortals: How People Cope with Uncertainty by Gerd Gigerenzer (En

Description: Rationality for Mortals by Gerd Gigerenzer This volume collects Gigerenzers recent articles on the psychology of rationality. This volume should appeal, like the earlier volumes, to a broad mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Gerd Gigerenzers 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 aprevious collection, Adaptive Thinking, also published by OUP) collects his most recent articles, looking at how people use "fast and frugal heuristics" to calculate probability and risk and makedecisions. It includes a newly writen, substantial introduction, and the articles have been revised and updated where appropriate. This volume should appeal, like the earlier volumes, to a broad mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making. Author Biography Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development Table of Contents Preface1: Bounded and Rational2: Fast and Frugal heuristics3: Rules of Thumb in Animals and Humans4: I Think, Therefore I Err5: Striking a Blow for Sanity in Theories of Rationality6: Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire7: Whats in a Sample? A Manual for Building Cognitive Theories8: "A 30% Chance of Rain Tomorrow"9: Simple Tools for Understanding Risks: From Innumeracy to Insight10: The Evolution of Statistical Thinking11: Mindless Statistics12: Children Can Solve Bayesian Problems13: In the year 2054" Innumeracy DefeatedReferencesSubject IndexName index Review "Gerd Gigerenzer has created new, pathbreaking ways of thinking about human rationality. His ideas build on one another and are best seen as part of a coherent whole that is when the nature of his arguments emerges most clearly."-- Leda Cosmides, University of California Santa Barbara Promotional This volume collects Gigerenzers recent articles on the psychology of rationality. Long Description Gerd Gigerenzers 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 aprevious collection, Adaptive Thinking, also published by OUP) collects his most recent articles, looking at how people use "fast and frugal heuristics" to calculate probability and risk and make decisions. It includes a newly writen, substantial introduction, and the articles have been revised andupdated where appropriate. This volume should appeal, like the earlier volumes, to a broad mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making. Review Text "Gerd Gigerenzer has created new, pathbreaking ways of thinking about human rationality. His ideas build on one another and are best seen as part of a coherent whole that is when the nature of his arguments emerges most clearly."-- Leda Cosmides, University of California Santa Barbara Review Quote This book should be read bu all scientists interested in understanding human behaviour on decision making, or in knowing the limites of human inference under uncertainty in order to provide statistical information in an understandable manner. Feature Selling point: The sequel to Gigerenzers volume Adaptive ThinkingSelling point: Gigerenzer is an influential social psychologist Details ISBN0195328981 Author Gerd Gigerenzer Pages 256 Series Evolution and Cognition Series Year 2008 ISBN-10 0195328981 ISBN-13 9780195328981 Format Hardcover Subtitle How People Cope with Uncertainty DEWEY 153.43 Short Title RATIONALITY FOR MORTALS Language English Media Book Residence Berlin, GW Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Center for Adaptive Beh Position Director Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780195328981 UK Release Date 2008-05-01 Publication Date 2008-05-01 AU Release Date 2008-05-01 NZ Release Date 2008-05-01 US Release Date 2008-05-01 Illustrations figures and tables Alternative 9780199747092 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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