Satisficing A Pretty Good Heuristic

Despite the able efforts of peacemakers (Samuels, Stich, and Bishop 2002; Samuels and Stich 2004; Samuels, Stich, and Fuacher 2004) and a fascinating and unusual “adversarial collaboration” (Mellers, Hertwig, and Kahneman 2001), the debate about rationality marches on at a good clip (e.g., Evans and...

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Published inBounded Rationality and Politics Vol. 6; p. 48
Main Author Bendor, Jonathan
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of California Press 01.04.2010
Edition1
Subjects
Applied psychology
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)
Bounded rationality
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Computer engineering
Computer science
Computer software
Consumer psychology
Cutting tools
Decision making
Decision theory: general
Economic theory
Economics
Education
Formal education
Foundations of education
Freshwater economics
Heuristics
Intelligent agents
Outcomes of education
Pedagogy
Political debate
Political processes
Political science
Politics
Problem solving
Psychology
Rational choice theory
Scissors
Software applications
Technology
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Summary:Despite the able efforts of peacemakers (Samuels, Stich, and Bishop 2002; Samuels and Stich 2004; Samuels, Stich, and Fuacher 2004) and a fascinating and unusual “adversarial collaboration” (Mellers, Hertwig, and Kahneman 2001), the debate about rationality marches on at a good clip (e.g., Evans and Over 1996; Chase, Hertwig, and Gigerenzer 1998; Stanovich 1999; Stanovich and West 2000; Gigerenzer and Selten 2001; Gilovich and Griffin 2002; Kahneman 2002; Gigerenzer 2004; Hertwig and Todd 2004; Hertwig and Ortmann 2005). A key part of the debate that has emerged over the last decade is the argument between the heuristics-and-biases camp (e.g., Kahneman,
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