Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds
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Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c1994
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First published in Italy as L'illusione di sapre
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"Fascinating and insightful...I cannot recall a book that has made me think more about the nature of thinking." -- Richard C. Lewontin Harvard University Everyone knows that optical illusions trick us because of the way we see. Now scientists have discovered that cognitive illusions, a set of biases deeply embedded in the human mind, can actually distort the way we think. In Inevitable Illusions, distinguished cognitive researcher Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini takes us on a provocative, challenging, and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the games our minds play. He opens the doors onto the newly charted realm of the cognitive unconscious to reveal the full range of illusions, showing how they inhibit our ability to reason--no matter what our educational background or IQ. Inevitable Illusions is stimulating, eye-opening food for thought.
Table of 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. Appendices. Tunnel Exits. Sources. Suggested Reading. Index.
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