Jonathan Baron

Thinking and Deciding (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with its first edition and through subsequent editions, Thinking and Deciding has established itself as the required text and important reference work for students and scholars of human cognition and rationality. In this fourth edition, first published in 2007, Jonathan Baron retains the comprehensive attention to the key questions addressed in the previous editions - how should we think? What, if anything, keeps us from thinking that way? How can we improve our thinking and decision making? - and his expanded treatment of topics such as risk, utilitarianism, Baye's theorem, and moral thinking. With the student in mind, the fourth edition emphasises the development of an understanding of the fundamental concepts in judgement and decision making. This book is essential reading for students and scholars in judgement and decision making and related fields, including psychology, economics, law, medicine, and business.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511460432
• Artikelnr.: 38213854

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Baron has a BA in Psychology from Harvard and a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. He has published over 200 papers and several books, including Rationality and Intelligence (1985), Morality and Rational Choice (1993), Judgment Misguided (1998), and Against Bioethics (2006). From 1974 to 2013, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where he advised 32 PhD students. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Psychonomic Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists (among other groups). He is founding editor and current co-editor of Judgment and Decision Making (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Thinking in General: 1. What is thinking?
2. The study of thinking
3. Rationality
4. Logic
Part II. Probability and Belief: 5. Normative theory of probability
6. Descriptive theory of probability judgment
7. Hypothesis testing
8. Judgment of correlation and contingency
9. Actively open-minded thinking (AOT)
Part III. Decisions and Plans: 10. Choice under uncertainty: normative theory
11. Choice under uncertainty: descriptive theory
12. Risk
13. Choice under certainty
14. Utility measurement
15. Decision analysis and values
16. Quantitative judgment
17. Moral judgment and choice
18. Fairness and justice
19. Social dilemmas: cooperation v. defection
20. Decisions about the future
Index.