Irrationality

  • Irrationality
    By Lisa Bortolotti

    Broome, M. R., Johns, L. C., Valli, I., Woolley, J. B., Tabraham, P., Brett, C., Valmaggia, L., Peters, E., Garety, P. A. and McGuire, P. K. (2007). Delusion formation and reasoning biases in those at clinical high risk for psychosis.

  • Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control
    By Alfred R. Mele

    Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality--most notably, incontinent action and self-deception--pose such difficult theoretical problems that philosophers have ...

  • Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
    By Justin E. H. Smith

    This landmark book from an expert in dignity studies explores the essential but under-recognized role of dignity as part of good leadership.

  • Irrationality: Why We Don't Think Straight!
    By Norman Stuart Sutherland

    Why do doctors, generals, civil servants, and others consistently make wrong decisions that cause enormous harm to others? And why do you sit through a boring play just because the...

  • Irrationality: The Enemy Within
    By Stuart Sutherland

    Irrationality is a challenging and thought-provoking book that draws on statistical concepts, probability theory and a mass of intriguing research to expose the failings of human reasoning, judgment and intuition.

  • Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
    By Justin E. H. Smith

    From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us—and always will be In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the ...

  • Irrationality: The Enemy Within
    By Stuart Sutherland

    Why do prizes serve no useful function? Why are punishments so ineffective? Why is interviewing such an unsatisfactory method of selection? Irrationality is a challenging and thought-provoking book that draws on statistica.