Thinking and Deciding
Categories: Science & Math, Self-Help
Psychologist Jonathan Baron presents a comprehensive introduction to the psychology of thinking, judgment and decision making. He compares how people actually think with normative models of good thinking, covering logic, probability, hypothesis testing, utility theory, moral judgment and decisions about risk. Baron explains the biases that lead people astray and how better thinking can be taught, making the book a standard text for students and scholars of rationality.
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- Shane Parrish: “has established itself as the required text and important reference work for students and scholars of human cognition and rationality”