Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
By: Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo.
Publisher: New York : Wiley, c1994Description: xiii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 047115962X (pbk.); 9780471159629 (pbk.).Subject(s): Reasoning (Psychology)
| Thought and thinking | Illusion (Philosophy) | PrejudicesDDC classification: 153.43 | Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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"First published in Italy as L'llusione Di Sapere" -- T.p. verso
Introduction - 1. Cognitive illusions - 2. Our spontaneous intuitions: angels or demon? - 3. A brief speleology of the mind: an easy tunnel - 4. Probability illusions - 5. Calculating the unknown, or bayes' law - 6. The fallacy of near certainty - 7. The seven deadly sins - 8. How to emerge from the tunnel of pessimism - 9. The principle of identity and the psychology of typicality - 10. A (rationally) optimistic conclusion - Grand finale: A super - tunnel - Appendix A: Mental tunnels: a brief history of discovery - Appendix B: Why cognitive illusions are here to stay: a reply to recent critiques.