Thinking : the new science of decision-making, problem-solving, and prediction

Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond.

Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"--The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.

Contributors include:

Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices

Author Notes

Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices
The founder and publisher of the influential online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is a cultural impresario whose career has encompassed the avant-garde art world, science, books, software, and the Internet. He is the editor of This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other books. He is the founder of Brockman Inc., a leading international literary agency. www.edge.org

Daniel C. DennettPhilip Tetlock and Daniel KahnemanGerd Gigerenzer and John BrockmanDaniel Gilbert and John BrockmanVilayanur RamachandranTimothy D. Wilson and Daniel GilbertSarah-Jayne Blakemore and Simon Baron-CohenBruce HoodSimon Baron-Cohen and John BrockmanGary Klein and Daniel KahnemanSimone SchnallNassim Nicholas Taleb and John BrockmanAlva NoëDaniel L. EverettJonathan Haidt and Joshua Greene and Sam Harris and Roy Baumeister and Paul Bloom and David Pizarro and Joshua Knobe and John BrockmanDaniel Kahneman

1 The Normal Well-Tempered Mind	p. 1
2 How to Win at Forecasting	p. 18
3 Smart Heuristics	p. 39
4 Affective Forecasting ... Or ... The Big Wombassa: What You Think You're Going to Get, and What You Don't Get, When You Get What You Want	p. 55
5 Adventures in Behavioral Neurology-Or-What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature	p. 69
6 The Social Psychological Narrative-Or-What is Social Psychology, Anyway?	p. 99
7 The Adolescent Brain	p. 115
8 Essentialism	p. 132
9 Testosterone on My Mind and in My Brain	p. 156
10 Insight	p. 193
11 A Sense of Cleanliness	p. 215
12 The Fourth Quadrant: A Map of the Limits of Statistics	p. 225
13 Life is the Way the Animal is in the World	p. 252
14 Recursion and Human Thought: Why the Pirahã Don't Have Numbers	p. 269
15 The New Science of Morality	p. 292
16 The Marvels and the Flaws of Intuitive Thinking	p. 386
Index	p. 411

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