Everyday irrationality (Record no. 60248)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780813340265
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Zafaa Books & Distributors
Distributor address : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, new Delhi.
Bill Number : ZBD0061
Bill Date : 13/05/2023
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 153.43 DAW
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dawes, Robyn M.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Everyday irrationality
Remainder of title : how pseudo-scientists, lunatics, and the rest of us systematically fail to think rationally.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Robyn M Dawes.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , Boulder, Colo.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Westview Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2001.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvi, 224 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions ; 23 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 5114
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note Preface xi <br/>Acknowledgments xv <br/>Irrationality Is Abundant<br/>1 (16)<br/>Irrationality Has Consequences<br/>17 (14)<br/>Irrationality: Emotional, Cognitive, Both, or Neither?<br/>31 (16)<br/>Irrationality as a ``Reasonable'' Response to an Incomplete Specification<br/>47 (24)<br/>Probabilistic Rationality and Irrationality<br/>71 (22)<br/>Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment<br/>93 (18)<br/>Good Stories<br/>111 (30)<br/>Connecting Ourselves with Others, Without Recourse to a Good Story<br/>141 (16)<br/>Sexual Abuse Hysteria<br/>157 (24)<br/>Figure Versus Ground (Entry Value Versus Default Value)<br/>181 (12)<br/>Rescuing Human Rationality<br/>
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Robyn Dawes defines irrationality as adhering to beliefs that are inherently self-contradictory, not just incorrect, self-defeating, or the basis of poor decisions. Such beliefs are unfortunately common. Witness two examples: the belief that child sexual abuse can be diagnosed by observing symptoms typically resulting from such abuse, rather than symptoms that differentiate between abused and non-abused children; and the belief that a physical or personal disaster can be understood by studying it alone in-depth rather than by comparing the situation in which it occurred to similar situations where nothing bad happened. This book first demonstrates how such irrationality results from ignoring obvious comparisons. Such neglect is traced to associational and story-based thinking, while true rational judgment requires comparative thinking. Strong emotion - or even insanity - is one reason for making automatic associations without comparison, but as the author demonstrates, a lot of everyday judgment, unsupported professional claims, and even social policy is based on the same kind of irrationality."
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Judgment
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Practical reason
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Psychology
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thought and thinking
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Personal name Robyn M. Dawes
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 17/05/2023 Zafaa Books 5115.00 2 1 153.43 DAW 29311 10/05/2025 30/03/2025 17/05/2023 Books
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