Rationality: Books

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  Judgment under Uncertainty : Heuristics and Biases (544 pages)

  

  By . The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. Individual chapters discuss the representativeness and availability heuristics, problems ...

   
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  Heuristics and Biases : The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment (874 pages)

  

  By . Judgment pervades human experience. Do I have a strong enough case to go to trial? Will the Fed change interest rates? Can I trust this person? This book examines how people answer such questions. How do people cope with the complexities of the world economy, the uncertain behavior of friends and ...

   
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  Choices, Values, and Frames (860 pages)

  

  By . Choices, Values, and Frames presents an empirical and theoretical challenge to classical utility theory, offering prospect theory as an alternative framework. Extensions and applications to diverse economic phenomena and to studies of consumer behavior are discussed. The book also elaborates on ...

   
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  Rational Choice in an Uncertain World : The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making (392 pages)

  

  By Reid Hastie, Robyn M. Dawes. When faced with an important decision, we are often on our own to think through what we might do and what the probable consequences of out behaviors are. As we make these judgments, it is important that we be able to communicate precisely and fluently with one another. In *Rational Choice in an ...

   
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  A Primer in Game Theory (288 pages)

  

  By Robert Gibbons.

   
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  The Robot's Rebellion : Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin (374 pages)

  

  By Keith E. Stanovich. The idea that we might be robots is no longer the stuff of science fiction; decades of research in evolutionary biology and cognitive science have led many esteemed thinkers and scientists to the conclusion that, following the precepts of universal Darwinism, humans are merely the hosts for two ...

   
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  Anthropic Bias: Observation Selections Effects in Science and Philosophy (Studies in Philosophy) (224 pages)

  

  By Nick Bostrom. This book breaks new ground by drawing attention to certain kinds of biases that permeate many parts of science and by developing a theory of how to correct for these biases. Follow this link http://www.anthropic-principle.com/ to Nick Bostrom's web page on everything related to observation ...