Deliberate Ignorance by Ralph Hertwig - ISBN: 9780262045599
Paperback
Why don’t we want to know? Exploring the power of ignorance.

Deliberate Ignorance

Choosing Not to Know

  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2021

Summary

Psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal scholars explore the conscious choice not to seek information.

The history of intellectual thought abounds with claims that knowledge is valued and sought, yet individuals and groups often choose not to know. We call the conscious choice not to seek or use knowledge (or information) deliberate ignorance. When is this a virtue, when is it a vice, and what can be learned from formally model…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262045599
ISBN-10:0262045591
Author:Ralph Hertwig, Christoph Engel
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 June 2021
Weight:640g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:Strungmann Forum Reports
About The Author

Ralph Hertwig

Ralph Hertwig is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the Humboldt and Free Universities in Berlin.

Christoph Engel is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn, and Professor of Law at the Universities of Bonn and Rotterdam.

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