Rationality for mortals
Subtitle: how people cope with uncertainty
By: Gerd Gigerenzer.
Series: Evolution and cognition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195328981
Subjects: Reasoning (Psychology); Thought and thinking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bounded and rational; title: Fast and frugal heuristics; title: Rules of thumb in animals and humans; title: I think, therefore I err; title: Striking a blow for sanity in theories of rationality; title: Out of the frying pan into the fire; title: What's in a sample? : a manual for building cognitive theories; title: "A 30% chance of rain tomorrow"; title: Simple tools for understanding risks : from innumeracy to insight; title: The evolution of statistical thinking; title: Mindless statistics; title: Children can solve Bayesian problems; title: In the year 2054 : innumeracy defeated.