1 Einführung.- 2 Spieltheorie: Der Einzelne entscheidet nicht als Einziger.- 3 Rationale Wahl: Wir wählen die Handlungsalternative aus, die unsere gewünschten Ziele größtmöglich realisieren.- 4 Moralische Urteilsbildung: Wie wir Richtig von Falsch unterscheiden.- 5 Das Spiel der Logik.- 6 Was verursacht was?.- 7 Hypothesentests: Wahrheit und Beweis.- 8 Problemlösung: Vom problemorientierten zum lösungsorientierten Denken.- 9 Analogieschlüsse: Das ist so wie das.- Literatur.- Index.
Denise Dellarosa Cummins ist emeritierte Professorin für Psychologie und Philosophie an der University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Zu ihren Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen Denken und Entscheidungsfindung unter evolutionären, vergleichenden und entwicklungspsychologischen Aspekten. Sie hat zahlreiche Fachartikel und ein populärwissenschaftliches Buch (The Other Side of Psychology) verfasst, ist Mitherausgeberin eines zweibändigen Werkes zur Kognitionswissenschaft und führt den Blog „Good Thinking“ auf Psychology Today. Cummins hat an der Yale University, der University of California und am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung in Berlin geforscht und gelehrt. Sie lebt mit Mann und zwei Töchtern in Champaign.
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thinking, surveying the phenomena that psychologists and
philosophers have found there." --Keith Holyoak, Distinguished
Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los
Angeles "Cummins provides an entertaining and
accessible review of the classical theories of reasoning and
decision making." -- Dr. Mike Oaksford, Professor of Psychology,
University of London, UK "...a witty and
articulate overview of critical aspects of human thought
processes...The astute examples anchor the topics squarely in
readers' everyday experience." --Dr. Richard Gerrig, Professor of
Psychology and Psycholinguistics, SUNY at
Stonybrook "Good Thinking offers an engaging
analysis of seven fundamental modes of human thought. Drawing
expertly on a broad range of disciplines and examples from everyday
life, Denise Cummins considers both the strengths and weaknesses of
our mental machinery and in so doing illuminates key aspects of how
we reason and decide." --Daniel L. Schacter, William R.
Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author
of The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and
Remembers "...the book illuminates the strengths
and the pitfalls of the ways people think; readers may be surprised
at human cognitive fallibility.... offers a compelling discussion
of the current work in cognitive neuroscience that reveals the
neural complexities of thought process.... readers who choose to
look at this interesting book will be making a good decision....
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concepts and theories that are not likely to be seen elsewhere in a
single collection, and it represents some of the more powerful
ideas that our intellectual culture considers as the basis for
rationality. Virtually every idea in Good Thinking can be gotten
elsewhere either in its original form or as part of extended
volumes on a specific topic, but having them tied together in a
single book written by a single hand gives more life and
cohesiveness to the ensemble than might otherwise be the case.... a
pleasant way to stimulate the appetite for more.... For some time
to come, Good Thinking will be a relevant and useful resource for
educators as well as those who seek to reflect on our Western
thought traditions and their origins." -Dr. Donald MacGregor,
senior research scientist with the Decision Science Research
Institute (Decision Research) in Eugene,
Oregon Cambridge University Press Staff Top 5
recommended books and gifts in Philosophy and Psychology, December,
2012 "...the seven basic tenets that guide our
critical thinking..." - "We intuitively know that plagiarizing is
wrong. In Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas That Influence the
Way We Think (Cambridge University Press, 2012), psychologist and
philosopher Denise Cummins reveals how we know this. She discusses
how economists, philosophers and other experts have helped to
define what makes a decision rational or a judgment moral. She lays
out the seven basic tenets that guide our critical thinking and
explores tactics to correct faulty logic."--Victoria Stern,
MindBooks Roundup, Scientific American, December 14,
2012 "...illuminates key aspects of how we reason
and decide." - Good Thinking offers an engaging analysis of seven
fundamental modes of human thought. Drawing expertly on a broad
range of disciplines and examples from everyday life, Denise
Cummins considers both the strengths and weaknesses of our mental
machinery and in so doing illuminates key aspects of how we reason
and decide. -- Daniel L. Schacter, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Seven Sins of
Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers "...a
quick and engaging tour of the landscape of human thinking..." - If
you’ve ever wondered where creative ideas come from, why smart
people sometimes do stupid things, why liberals and conservatives
disagree about the basics of morality, or why you’ve made decisions
you came to regret, you’ll want to read this book. Good Thinking
will take you on a quick and engaging tour of the landscape of
human thinking, surveying the phenomena that psychologists and
philosophers have found there. --Keith Holyoak, Distinguished
Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los
Angeles "...an entertaining and accessible review
of the classical theories of reasoning and decision making..." - In
her book, Good Thinking, Denise Cummins provides an entertaining
and accessible review of the classical theories of reasoning and
decision making that it has taken philosophers and mathematicians
almost two millennia of endeavour to construct. Many would
argue that these theories are among the towering intellectual
achievements of humankind that underpin crucial aspects of the
modern world, like computers and quantum theory. However, these
theories have received a bad press in the abundance of popular
books showing that people's decision-making and reasoning is
hopelessly biased and inaccurate compared to these theories.
Cummins thesis is that a better appreciation of these theories may
lead us to make better decisions and to better understand how
others, particularly professionals, make decisions. There is no
doubt that aspects of human psychology must be taken into account
in good thinking and Cummins deals with these aspects of
decision-making as well. In general, though this book functions as
a fascinating corrective to the tendency of popular books to deride
the only real practical tools we have to aid our attempts to
improve our decisions in an uncertain and changing world. -- Dr.
Mike Oaksford, Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck College,
University of London, UK "...a witty and
articulate overview of critical aspects of human thought..." -
Cummins provides a witty and articulate overview of critical
aspects of human thought processes. Her analyses of topics
such as rational choice, moral judgment, and causal reasoning
combine the insights of diverse fields including philosophy,
psychology, economics, and neuroscience. The astute examples
anchor the topics squarely in readers’ everyday experience.
--Dr. Richard Gerrig, Professor of Psychology and
Psycholinguistics, SUNY at Stonybrook
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