Inevitable illusions : how mistakes of reason rule our minds /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo
Format:	Book
Language:	Inglés Italiano
Published:	New York : J. Wiley, c1994.
Subjects:	Filosofía. Razonamiento. Prejuicio. Psicología.

Table of 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.