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Gigerenzer the Decided: A Tale of Difficult Distinctions

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  • Floris Heukelom

    (Faculty of Economics, Universiteit van Amsterdam)

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This paper provides an overview of the work of Gigerenzer, thereby focusing on his criticisms of the Heuristics and Biases theory of Kahneman and Tversky. It is proposed that Gigerenzer's work can be both thematically and chronologically organized as: historical research on statistics => criticism on Kahneman and Tversky => the bounded rationality research program. That is, Gigerenzer' attacks on the Heuristics and Biases program derive from his historical work on Brunswik and Thurstone. In turn, these attacks functioned as the driving force behind the development of the bounded rationality research program. Behind the debate, it is argued, lies a fundamental different idea of how human decision-making is to be understood and investigated.

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  • Floris Heukelom, 2005. "Gigerenzer the Decided: A Tale of Difficult Distinctions," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 05-113/2, Tinbergen Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20050113
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    Keywords

    Gigerenzer; Kahneman and Tversky; Cognitive Psychology; Bounded rationality; decision-making;
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    JEL classification:

    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals

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