beliefs reasoning decision making
This final section of the edited volume "Beliefs, Reasoning, and Decision Making: Psycho-Logic in Honor of Bob Abelson" provides the comprehensive back matter that supports the book's scholarly content. It includes an extensive list of references cited throughout the thirteen chapters, offering full bibliographic details (authors, years, page locations) that anchor the work in the broader literature on cognition, decision making, emotion, and artificial intelligence. The subject and author indexes enumerate key concepts, theories, and contributors with precise page references, enabling readers to locate discussions on topics such as goal‑based scenarios, case‑based reasoning, opportunistic memory, ideological belief structures, cognitive dissonance, affective responses to political events, facial maturity, persuasion persistence, discourse inference, and temporality. A detailed table of contents outlines each chapter’s structure, from the introductory goal‑based scenario framework to later explorations of discourse, probability, and temporal orientation, revealing the logical progression of the volume. Additionally, catalogs of figures and tables enumerate visual and empirical data—ranging from emotion reaction counts, facial maturity illustrations, to temporal orientation scales—highlighting the empirical grounding of the arguments. Publication metadata (cover, title, copyright pages) and landmark listings complete the navigational and legal information for the work.
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Comprehensive Bibliographic References
A complete list of works cited throughout the thirteen chapters, providing full bibliographic details—authors, publication years, and page locations—spanning fields such as cognitive psychology, decision making, emotion, artificial intelligence, and political psychology, thereby anchoring the volume in the broader scholarly literature.
Navigational Aids (Indexes and Table of Contents)
Combined subject and author indexes together with a detailed table of contents that outlines each chapter and its sub‑sections, offering precise page references. This enables readers to quickly locate discussions on topics like goal‑based scenarios, case‑based reasoning, opportunistic memory, ideological belief structures, cognitive dissonance, affective responses to political events, facial maturity, persuasion persistence, discourse inference, and temporality.