How We Know What Isn't So
Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
$44.76
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1993
Summary
Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.
When can we trust what we believe—that “teams and players have winning streaks,” that “flattery works,” or that “the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right”—and when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he doc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780029117064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0029117062 |
| Author: | Thomas Gilovich |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | The Free Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1993 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 15mm |
| Series: | A Psychological Study on Logic |
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About The Author
Thomas Gilovich
Thomas Gilovich is a professor of psychology at Cornell University and author of The Wisest One in the Room (with Lee Ross), How We Know What Isn’t So, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, and Social Psychology. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
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