Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction - John Brockman

Descriere Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction - John Brockman

\n \nUnlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. \n \nEdited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org (The world's smartest website--The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.\n Contributors include: \n \n\n \n- Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and unconscious thinking \n- Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy \n- Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making \n- Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature \n- Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain \n- Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the normal human mind \n- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence \n- Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking \n- Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices \n\n

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9780062258540

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