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Rationality for mortals : how people cope with uncertainty /

Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gigerenzer, Gerd
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Evolution and cognition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program. This volume (which follows on a previous collection, Adaptive Thinking, also published by OUP) collects his most recent articles, looking at how people use "fast and frugal heuristics &
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and indexes.
ISBN:9780199716418
0199716412
9781435642102
1435642104
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9781281342201
9786611342203
6611342206