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Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds
Title:
Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds
Author:
Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo.
Uniform Title:
Illusione di sapere. English
Publication Information:
New York : Wiley, [1994]

©1994
Physical Description:
xiii, 242 pages ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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 -- Mental tunnels : a brief history of discovery -- Why cognitive illusions are here to stay : a reply to recent critiques -- Tunnel exits.
ISBN:
9780471581260
Format :
Book