Human Judgment How Accurate Is It, and How Can It Get Better?
We humans make judgments about a staggering variety of topics. These include which medical condition is the correct diagnosis for your symptoms, whether a particular defendant is guilty of some crime or whether a particular political candidate will win an election—to name a few of countless examples...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Psychology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What We Think: The Accuracy of our Judgments
- 3. How We Evaluate Our Thinking: The Accuracy of our Metacognition
- 4. How We Think: The Rationality of Our Reasoning
- 5. How We Were Made: The Evolutionary Origins of Thought
- 6. The Origins of Empirical Epistemology
- 7. Insights from Empirical Epistemology
- 8. Conclusion: Applying Empirical Epistemology.