Aspects of Rationality: Reflections on What It Means To Be Rational and Whether We Are
Author:   Raymond S. Nickerson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138006287


Pages:   528
Publication Date:   27 April 2016
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Aspects of Rationality: Reflections on What It Means To Be Rational and Whether We Are


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Author:   Raymond S. Nickerson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138006287


ISBN 10:   1138006289
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   27 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. What is Rationality? 2. The Search for Standards of Rationality. 3. Intelligence and Knowledge. 4. Beliefs. 5. Goals, Value, and Affect. 6. Explanations. 7. Preferences and Judgment. 8. Decision and Choice. 9. Understanding and Wisdom. 10. The Relativity of Rationality. 11. Conclusions and a View.

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Raymond S. Nickerson, retired senior vice president of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. and research professor at Tufts University, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists. He is the founding editor of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, the founding and series editor of Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, an annual publication of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the author of several books, including Mathematical Reasoning: Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, and Proofs (Psychology Press, 2010).

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