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Cognitive Bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2023

Tom Chatfield
Tom Chatfield*
Affiliation:
Independent Researcher
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*Corresponding author. Email: tom.chatfield@gmail.com
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Abstract

Are human beings irredeemably irrational? If so, why? In this article, I suggest that we need a broader appreciation of thought and reasoning to understand why people get things wrong. Although we can never escape cognitive bias, learning to recognize and understand it can help us push back against its dangers – and in particular to do so collectively and collaboratively.

Keywords

behavioural economicscognitive biasconfirmation biasevolutionary psychologyheuristicsDaniel Kahnemanovercoming bias
Type
Research Article
Information
Think , Volume 22 , Issue 63 , Spring 2023 , pp. 53 - 58
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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