Reasoning and Decision Making - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1557866015 ISBN 13 : 9781557866011

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

This volume brings together two separate aspects of the psychology of thinking: how people reason; and how they make judgements and decisions. These aspects are often interwoven in real life, so students of decision-making are increasingly examining the role of reasoning in the construction of preferences in reasoning. Also, research in the two domains has revealed a striking parallel: human thinkers make radical departures from the canons of rationality - from formal logic in the case of reasoning, and from expected utility theory in the case of decision-making. These two departures have forced social scientists to think again about the nature of human mentality. The chapters in this book cover the nature of rationality, how individuals construct reasons for choices, how they are led astray by focusing on only certain aspects of situations, how they assess the strength of inductions, how they reach decisions on juries and how their performance can be improved. "Reasoning and Decision Making" should be of interest to advanced undergraduates and beyond, and to psychologists, decision theorists and philosophers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557866015
• ISBN 13: 9781557866011
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: Laird P.N.Johnson, Shafir Eldar, Johnson-Laird P.N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible