Beyond Rationality: The Search for Wisdom in a Troubled Time - Hardcover

Hammond, Kenneth R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195311744 ISBN 13: 9780195311747

Publisher: OUP USA, 2007

Synopsis

Ken Hammond has spent over a half-century analysing judgment and decision-making. His long-time focus has been on the dichotomy between judgment theories of correspondence (working to achieve empirical accuracy) and coherence (aiming for rationality and consistency) and the political consequences that can come from not understanding which of these theories people are following. In Beyond Rationality Hammond sums up his work and illustrates it with penetrating case studies on topics such as why Kennedy and Khruschev misunderstood each other, Colin Powell's misjudgments, the modes of thought on the Supreme Court, and much, much more. Hammond has changed the way academics think about decision making; with this book, he aims to show a larger audience why mistaken judgments happen, how to make better decisions, and how to understand the thought modes operating in the political process.

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About the Author

Kenneth R. Hammond is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Former Director of the Center for Research on Judgment and Policy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A past president of the Society for Judgment and Decision-Making, he is the author of Judgments Under Stress (OUP, 1999), Human Judgment and Social Policy (OUP, 1996) and editor of The Essential Brunswik (OUP, 2001).

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195311744
• ISBN 13: 9780195311747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368