An edition of Rationality
(2021)
Rationality
What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
by Steven Pinker
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Like the subtitle says: what rationality is, the habits of mind that exhibit (and inhibit) rationality, and why wide-spread rationality is desirable.
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2022, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021, Penguin Publishing Group
in English
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Viking
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It's Scarce, and How to Get More
2021, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Penguin Audio
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Random House Large Print
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Homo sapiens means wise hominin, and in many ways we have earned the specific epithet of our Linnaean binomial."
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
1. How Rational an Animal?
2. Rationality and Irrationality
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Probability and Randomness
5. Beliefs and Evidence (Bayesian Reasoning)
6. Risk and Reward (Rational Choice and Expected Utility)
7. Hits and False Alarms (Signal Detection and Statistical Decision Theory)
8. Self and Others (Game Theory)
9. Correlation and Causation
10. What’s Wrong with People?
11. Why Rationality Matters
Notes
References
Index of Biases and Fallacies
Index
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Source title: Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
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