Reasoning and Cogitation—by Individuals, by Social Groups, and by Societies
I am all but certain to never teach a course on: Reasoning—Indivdual, Social, and Societal. But if I were to teach such a course, would this be the best reading list? And if not these readings, what would be better replacements?
- William Poundstone (2011): Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge https://books.google.com/books?isbn=030776379X
- Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber (2017): The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0674368304
- Daniel Kahneman (2011): Thinking, Fast and Slow https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0385676522
- T. M. Scanlon (2014): Being Realistic about Reasons https://books.google.com/books?isbn=019100314X
- Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2008): Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1400829828
- Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie (2018): The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0465097618
- William Flesch (2007): Comeuppance: Costly Signaling, Altruistic Punishment, and Other Biological Components of Fiction https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0674026314
- Josiah Ober (2008): Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1400828805
- Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi (2012): "Cognitive Democracy" http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/23/cognitive-democracy/
- Cosma Shalizi (2012): "In Soviet Union, Optimization Problem Solves You" http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/30/in-soviet-union-optimization-problem-solves-you/
- Herbert Simon (1969): The Sciences of the Artificial https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0262264498
- Partha Dasgupta (2007): Economics: A Very Short Introduction https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0192853457
- Milton Friedman and Rose Director Friedman (1990): _Free to Choose: A Personal Statement https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0547539754
- Tom Slee (2006): No One Makes You Shop At Walmart https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1897071884
- Paul Seabright (2010): The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1400834783
- Richard Thaler (2015): Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0393246779
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