Two Minds
Subtitle: Intuition and Analysis in the History of Economic Thought
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 15, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780387240695
Description: "The "Two Minds" noted economist Roger Frantz explores in this landmark book are, first, the analytical mind and, second, the intuitive mind. In part one he presents the leading theories on intuition, discusses recent developments in cognitive science, and borrows from such non-economist intuitors as Albert Einstein, Jonas Salk, Henri Poincare, Ludwig von Beethoven, and Robert Louis Stevenson to explore the role of intuition in science and creativity." "In part two, Frantz considers the presumably analytic and logical nature of economics and then demonstrates the many ways in which economists from Adam Smith to Herbert Simon have relied on intuition as a fruitful mental activity."--BOOK JACKET.