Rationality for mortals : how people cope with uncertainty /

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Author / Creator:Gigerenzer, Gerd.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Evolution and cognition
Evolution and cognition.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163387
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ISBN:9780199716418
0199716412
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9781281342201
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0195328981
9780195328981
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and indexes.
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Summary:Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program. This volume (which follows on a previous collection, Adaptive Thinking, also published by OUP) collects his most recent articles, looking at how people use "fast and frugal heuristics &
Other form:Print version: Gigerenzer, Gerd. Rationality for mortals. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195328981 0195328981