Thinking through uncertainty: Nonconsequential reasoning and choice

1992/10/01 by Eldar Shafir, Amos Tversky · 4 citations
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Adversary #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Consequentialism #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Dilemma #Economics #Epistemology #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Philosophy #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Social psychology #Task (project management)

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(92)90015-t

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Citations

• Why are some problems hard? Evidence from Tower of Hanoi
• The Evolution of Cooperation
• Reputation and imperfect information
• Newcomb's Problem and Prisoners' Dilemma
• Extensional versus intuitive reasoning: The conjunction fallacy in probability judgment.
• Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions

Cited by

• Believing what we do not believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions.
• Negotiation
• Behavioral economics [wikipedia]
• Magical thinking [wikipedia]