Inevitable Illusions How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds

Name: Inevitable Illusions How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds
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ISBN: 9780471159629

ISBN-10: 047115962X

ISBN-13: 9780471159629

Edition: 1994

Authors: Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

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"A delightful informal survey...the best popular book yet in theis peculiar field"--Nature "A fascinating and insightful look."--R.C. Lewontin, Harvard University A provocative and entertaining exploration of the tricks our minds play on us every day Writing with all the wit and charm that have made his books bestsellers in Europe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini takes readers on an enthralling journey through the twists and turns of the human mind's cognitive illusions. MASSIMO PIATTELLI-PALMARINI, PhD, (Milan, Italy) is Director of the Department of Cognitive Science at the Institute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy, and a research associate of the Center for Cognitive Science at MIT.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Cognitive Illusions


Our Spontaneous Intuitions: Angels or Demons?


A Brief Speleology of the Mind: An Easy Tunnel


Probability Illusions


Calculating the Unknown, or Bayes' Law


The Fallacy of Near Certainty


The Seven Deadly Sins


How to Emerge from the Tunnel of Pessimism


The Principle of Identity and the Psychology of Typicality


A (Rationally) Optimistic Conclusion


A Super-Tunnel


Appendices


Tunnel Exits


Sources


Suggested Reading


Index