Ainslie argues that our responses to the threat of our own inconsistency determine the basic fabric of human culture. He suggests that individuals are more like populations of bargaining agents than like the hierarchical command structures envisaged by cognitive psychologists. T…
"In this book, the researcher who originally proposed hyperbolic discounting theory presents new findings that confirm its validity and describes implications that undermine our most basic assumptions about how self-control works. Hyperbolic discounting theory has provoked much …
"In this book, the researcher who originally proposed hyperbolic discounting theory presents new findings that confirm its validity and describes implications that undermine our most basic assumptions about how self-control works. Hyperbolic discounting theory has provoked much …
"In this book, the researcher who originally proposed hyperbolic discounting theory presents new findings that confirm its validity and describes implications that undermine our most basic assumptions about how self-control works. Hyperbolic discounting theory has provoked much …
"Apples or pears? Guns or butter? Liberty or death? We experience life as a series of choices, large and small. What makes a choice rational? A common answer is that a rational agent calculates the probable net benefits of each possible course of action and chooses the one that …
"Apples or pears? Guns or butter? Liberty or death? We experience life as a series of choices, large and small. What makes a choice rational? A common answer is that a rational agent calculates the probable net benefits of each possible course of action and chooses the one that …
First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by ProQuest (Firm), Vanberg, Viktor
fromEconomics as social theory *
This book outlines a new approach to the analysis of decision making based on "cognitive maps." A cognitive map is a graphic representation intended to capture the structure of a decision maker's stated beliefs about a particular problem. Following introductory chapters that dev…
En el siglo XXI la humanidad está alcanzando nuevas cotas en la comprensión científica y, al mismo tiempo, parece estar enloqueciendo. ¿Cómo puede una especie que ha desarrollado vacunas para la Covid-19 en menos de un año producir tantas noticias falsas, remedios de curanderos …
Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives without restricting their freedom of choice.
V. 1.The evolution of morality : adaptations and innateness --v. 2.The cognitive science of morality : intuition and diversity -- v. 3.The neuroscience of morality : emotion, brain disorders, and development -- v. 4.Free will and moral responsibility.
