The Intelligence of Intuition

by Gerd Gigerenzer

Book Overview

People often confuse intuition with a sixth sense or the arbitrary judgments of inept decision makers. In this book, Gerd Gigerenzer analyzes the war on intuition in the social sciences beginning with gendered perceptions of intuition as female, followed by opposition between biased intuition and logical rationality, popularized in two-system theories. Technological paternalism amplifies these views, arguing that human intuition should be replaced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009304860
• ISBN13: 9781009304863
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"