Taming Uncertainty
$117.11
- Hardcover
488 pages
- Release Date
13 August 2019
Summary
An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world.How do humans navigate uncertainty, continuously making near-effortless decisions and predictions even under conditions of imperfect knowledge, high complexity, and extreme time pressure? Taming Uncertainty argues that the human mind has developed tools to grapple with uncertainty. Unlike much previous scholarship in psychology and economics, this approach is rooted in what is known about wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262039871 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262039877 |
| Author: | Ralph Hertwig, Timothy J. Pleskac, Thorsten Pachur |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 488 |
| Release Date: | 13 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 774g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 27mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
About The Author
Ralph Hertwig
Ralph Hertwig is Director of the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.Timothy J. Pleskac is Professor of Psychology at the University of Kansas and Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Adaptive Rationality.Thorsten Pachur is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Adaptive Rationality.
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