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Author:

Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo.

Title:

Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds / Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ; translated by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini and Keith Botsford.

Publisher:

Wiley,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xiii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Illusion (Philosophy)
Prejudices
Reasoning (Psychology)
Thought and thinking.

Other Titles:

Illusione di sapere. English

Notes:

Includes index. Bibliography: p. 211-236.

Contents:

Cognitive illusions -- Our spontaneous intuitions : angels or demons? -- A brief speleology of the mind : an easy tunnel -- Probability illusions -- Calculating the unknown or Bayes' law -- The fallacy of near certainty -- The seven deadly sins -- How to emerge from the tunnel of pessimism -- The principle of identity and the psychology of typicality -- A (rationally) optimistic conclusion -- A super-tunnel -- Mental tunnels : a brief history of discovery -- Why cognitive illusions are here to stay : a reply to recent critiques -- Tunnel exits.

ISBN:

9780471581260 (cloth : alk. paper)
0471581267 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30595276

LCCN:

94012759

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

V5AX173 -- Kaplan University-Mason City Campus (Mason City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)