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Ignorance and Uncertainty overviews a variety of approaches to the problem of indeterminacies in human thought and behavior. This book examines, in depth, trends in the psychology of judgment and decision-making under uncertainty or ignorance. Research from the fields of cognitive psychology, social psychology, organizational studies, sociology, and social anthroplogy are reviewed here in anticipation of what Dr. Smithson characterizes as the beginning of a "creative dialogue between these researchers". Ignorance and Uncertainty offers the conceptual framework for understanding the paradigms associated with current research. It discusses the ways in which attitudes toward ignorance and uncertainty are changing, and addresses issues previously ignored.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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A Vocabulary of Ignorance
Pages 1-13
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Full Belief and The Pursuit of Certainty
Pages 14-40
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Probability and the Cultivation of Uncertainty
Pages 41-91
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Beyond Probability? New Normative Paradigms
Pages 92-151
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Psychological Accounts: Biases, Heuristics, and Control
Pages 152-215
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ignorance and Uncertainty
- Book Subtitle
- Emerging Paradigms
- Authors
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- Michael Smithson
- Series Title
- Cognitive Science
- Copyright
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4612-3628-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4612-3628-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-96945-9
- Series ISSN
- 1431-1887
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 393
- Topics
