Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; transla...
Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; transla...
Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
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New York : Wiley, c1994.
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N153.43/17
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English
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xiii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Cognitive Illusions -- Ch. 2. Our Spontaneous Intuitions: Angels or Demons? -- Ch. 3. A Brief Speleology of the Mind: An Easy Tunnel -- Ch. 4. Probability Illusions -- Ch. 5. Calculating the Unknown, or Bayes' Law -- Ch. 6. The Fallacy of Near Certainty -- Ch. 7. The Seven Deadly Sins -- Ch....
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New York : Wiley, c1994.
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New York (State)
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c1994.
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Writing with all the wit and charm that have made his books international best-sellers, Piattelli-Palmarini explores the full range of cognitive illusions. From the perils of "probability blindness" to the smoke and mirrors of "magical thinking" and the perplexing twists and turns of the "seven deadly mental sins," he guides us on a sweeping tour o...
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Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-236) and index.
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c1994.
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N153.43/17
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047115962X (paper : alk. paper)
9780471581260 (cloth : alk. paper)
0471581267 (cloth : alk. paper)
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153.43
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