Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
1994
153.43 P583i
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Title
Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
ISBN
0471581267 (cloth : alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Wiley, c1994.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
153.43 P583i
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30595276
Note
Translation of Illusione de sapere.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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