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Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds
- Title
- Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
- Author
- Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo.
- Publication
- New York : Wiley, c1994.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 242 p.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-236) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 94-16746
- ISBN
- 0471581267 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 94012759
- OCLC
- 30595276
- Author
- Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo.
- Title
- Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
- Imprint
- New York : Wiley, c1994.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-236) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 94-16746