An edition of Rationality
(2021)
Rationality
What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
by Steven Pinker
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Like the subtitle says: what rationality is, the habits of mind that exhibit (and inhibit) rationality, and why wide-spread rationality is desirable.
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Homo sapiens means wise hominin, and in many ways we have earned the specific epithet of our Linnaean binomial."
Table of Contents
Contents
Page xi
Preface
Page xiii
1.
How Rational an Animal?
Page 1
2.
Rationality and Irrationality
Page 35
3.
Logic and Critical Thinking
Page 73
4.
Probability and Randomness
Page 111
5.
Beliefs and Evidence (Bayesian Reasoning)
Page 149
6.
Risk and Reward (Rational Choice and Expected Utility)
Page 173
7.
Hits and False Alarms (Signal Detection and Statistical Decision Theory)
Page 201
8.
Self and Others (Game Theory)
Page 227
9.
Correlation and Causation
Page 245
10.
What’s Wrong with People?
Page 283
11.
Why Rationality Matters
Page 319
Notes
Page 341
References
Page 361
Index of Biases and Fallacies
Page 389
Index
Page 391
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