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This book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with ethical dilemmas. Cognitive scientist Denise D. Cummins clearly explains how experts in economics, philosophy, and science use seven powerful decision-making methods to tackle these challenges. These techniques include: logic, moral judgment, analogical reasoning, scientific reasoning, rational choice, game theory and creative problem solving. Updated and revised in a second edition, each chapter now features quizzes for course use or self-study.
Part I:
1. The game of logic – what follows from what
2. Moral judgment – how we tell right from wrong
3. Analogical reasoning – the heart and soul of insight, discovery, and genius
4. Scientific reasoning – proving what causes what
5. Decision-making – choosing what is most likely to give you what you most want
6. Game theory – when you're not the only one choosing
7. Creative problem solving – turning what you don't want into what you do want
Part II:
8. Into the weeds of logic – how it's done
9. Into the weeds of moral judgment – how it's done
10. Into the weeds: analogical reasoning – how it's done
11. Into the weeds of scientific reasoning – how it's done
12. Into the weeds rational decision-making – how it's done
13. Into the weeds of game theory – how it's done
14. Into the weeds of problem-solving – how it's done
Appendix A
References.
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This book is for anyone who wonders whether to trust the media, seeks creative solutions to problems, or grapples with ethical dilemmas. Cognitive scientist Denise D. Cummins clearly explains how experts in economics, philosophy, and science use seven powerful decision-making methods to tackle these challenges. These techniques include: logic, moral judgment, analogical reasoning, scientific reasoning, rational choice, game theory and creative problem solving. Updated and revised in a second edition, each chapter now features quizzes for course use or self-study.
