GILOVICH, THOMAS - How We Know What Isn't So the Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

NY: Free Press, 1991. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0029117062; Paper Covers. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Short black marker line on bottom edge. Contents are clean and unworn. ; 9-1/4" Tall, VII + 216pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. PSYCHOLOGY. "This book examines how questionable and erroneous beliefs are formed, and how they are maintained. Today, more people believe in ESP than in evolution, and in this country there are 20 times as many astrologers as there are astronomers. This book attempts to increase our understanding of such beliefs and practices, and, in so doing, to shed some light on various broader issues in the study of human judgment and reasoning. " ... Notes. Index.. Very Good- .