Two very useful chapters in Denise Cummins (2012) “Good Thinking“, Cambridge University Press
Cummins is a professor of psychology and philosophy, both of which she brings to bear in this great book. Read an interview with author here
Contents include:
1. Introduction
2. Rational choice: choosing what is most likely to give you what you want
3. Game theory: when you’re not the only one choosing
4. Moral decision-making: how we tell right from wrong
5. The game of logic
6. What causes what?
7. Hypothesis testing: truth and evidence
8. Problem solving: another way of getting what you want
9. Analogy: this is like that.
