An edition of Rationality
(2021)
Rationality
What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
by Steven Pinker and Pablo Hermida Lazcano
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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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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2022, Penguin Books, Limited
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021, Penguin Books, Limited
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021, Penguin Publishing Group
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It's Scarce, and How to Get More
2021, Penguin Books, Limited
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Racionalidad: Qué es, por qué escasea y cómo promoverla
Oct 13, 2021, Ediciones Paidós
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021, Penguin Books, Limited
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Penguin Audio
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Random House Large Print
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Sep 28, 2021, Viking
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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
Preface
1. How Rational an Animal?
2. Rationality and Irrationality
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Probability and Randomness
5. Beliefs and Evidence (Bayesian Reasoning)
6. Risk and Reward (Rational Choice and Expected Utility)
7. Hits and False Alarms (Signal Detection and Statistical Decision Theory)
8. Self and Others (Game Theory)
9. Correlation and Causation
10. What’s Wrong with People?
11. Why Rationality Matters
Notes
References
Index of Biases and Fallacies
Index
Edition Notes
Source title: Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
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| May 23, 2025 | Edited by Tom Morris | Merge works |
| December 10, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| August 20, 2022 | Edited by frstndlstlns | added description |
| January 30, 2022 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
| April 20, 2021 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |