Thinking, fast and slow
By: Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780385676519
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Thought and thinking; Decision making; Intuition; Reason; Emotions and cognition; Pensée; Prise de décision; Raison; Émotions et cognition
Description: "The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent. Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives--and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Part I
title: Two Systems; label: 1
title: The Characters of the Story
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: Attention and Effort
pagenum: 31; label: 3
title: The Lazy Controller
pagenum: 39; label: 4
title: The Associative Machine
pagenum: 50; label: 5
title: Cognitive Ease
pagenum: 59; label: 6
title: Norms, Surprises, and Causes
pagenum: 71; label: 7
title: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions
pagenum: 79; label: 8
title: How Judgments Happen
pagenum: 89; label: 9
title: Answering an Easier Question
pagenum: 97; label: Part II
title: Heuristics and Biases; label: 10
title: The Law of Small Numbers
pagenum: 109; label: 11
title: Anchors
pagenum: 119; label: 12
title: The Science of Availability
pagenum: 129; label: 13
title: Availability, Emotion, and Risk
pagenum: 137; label: 14
title: Tom W's Specialty
pagenum: 146; label: 15
title: Linda: Less is More
pagenum: 156; label: 16
title: Causes Trump Statistics
pagenum: 166; label: 17
title: Regression to the Mean
pagenum: 175; label: 18
title: Taming Intuitive Predictions
pagenum: 185; label: Part III
title: Overconfidence; label: 19
title: The Illusion of Understanding
pagenum: 199; label: 20
title: The Illusion of Validity
pagenum: 209; label: 21
title: Intuitions vs. Formulas
pagenum: 222; label: 22
title: Expert Intuition: When Can We Trust It?
pagenum: 234; label: 23
title: The Outside View
pagenum: 245; label: 24
title: The Engine of Capitalism
pagenum: 255; label: Part IV
title: Choices; label: 25
title: Bernoulli's Errors
pagenum: 269; label: 26
title: Prospect Theory
pagenum: 278; label: 27
title: The Endowment Effect
pagenum: 289; label: 28
title: Bad Events
pagenum: 300; label: 29
title: The Fourfold Pattern
pagenum: 310; label: 30
title: Rare Events
pagenum: 322; label: 31
title: Risk Policies
pagenum: 334; label: 32
title: Keeping Score
pagenum: 342; label: 33
title: Reversals
pagenum: 353; label: 34
title: Frames and Reality
pagenum: 363; label: Part V
title: Two Selves; label: 35
title: Two Selves
pagenum: 377; label: 36
title: Life as a Story
pagenum: 386; label: 37
title: Experienced Well-Being
pagenum: 391; label: 38
title: Thinking About Life
pagenum: 398; title: Conclusions
pagenum: 408; label: Appendix A
title: Judgment Under Uncertainty
pagenum: 419; label: Appendix B
title: Choices, Values, and Frames
pagenum: 433; title: Notes
pagenum: 449; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 483; title: Index
pagenum: 485