Taming Uncertainty

by Ralph Hertwig, Timothy J. Pleskac, Thorsten Pachur

Book Overview

An examination of the cognitive tools that the mind uses to grapple with uncertainty in the real world.

How do humans navigate uncertainty, continuously making near-effortless decisions and predictions even under conditions of imperfect knowledge, high complexity, and extreme time pressure? Taming Uncertainty argues that the human mind has developed tools to grapple with uncertainty. Unlike much previous scholarship in psychology and economics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262039877
• ISBN13: 9780262039871
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"