Rationality for Mortals

Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

• Preface ; 1. Bounded and Rational ; 2. Fast and Frugal heuristics ; 3. Rules of Thumb in Animals and Humans ; 4. I Think, Therefore I Err ; 5. Striking a Blow for Sanity in Theories of Rationality ; 6. Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire ; 7. What's in a Sample? A Manual for Building Cognitive Theories ; 8. "A 30% Chance of Rain Tomorrow" ; 9. Simple Tools for Understanding Risks: From Innumeracy to Insight ; 10. The Evolution of Statistical Thinking ; 11. Mindless Statistics ; 12. Children Can Solve Bayesian Problems ; 13. In the year 2054" Innumeracy Defeated ; References ; Subject Index ; Name index

This book should be read bu all scientists interested in understanding human behaviour on decision making, or in knowing the limites of human inference under uncertainty in order to provide statistical information in an understandable manner.