Thinking The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction

Name: Thinking The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction
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ISBN: 9780062258540

ISBN-10: 0062258540

ISBN-13: 9780062258540

Edition: 2013

Authors: John Brockman

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Unlock your mindFrom the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking • Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction,…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.07" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English




The Normal Well-Tempered Mind




How to Win at Forecasting




Smart Heuristics




Affective Forecasting … Or … The Big Wombassa: What You Think You're Going to Get, and What You Don't Get, When You Get What You Want




Adventures in Behavioral Neurology-Or-What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature




The Social Psychological Narrative-Or-What is Social Psychology, Anyway?




The Adolescent Brain




Essentialism




Testosterone on My Mind and in My Brain




Insight




A Sense of Cleanliness




The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics




Life is the Way the Animal is in the World




Recursion and Human Thought: Why the Pirahï¿½ Don't Have Numbers




The New Science of Morality




The Marvels and the Flaws of Intuitive Thinking



Index