Aspects of Rationality: Reflections on What it Means to be Rational and whether We Are Raymond S. Nickerson Aspects of Rationality: Reflections on What It Means to be Rational and Whether We Are examines and explores the many unanswered questions about human rationality by asking: What does it mean to be rational, and to reason well and effectively? How does rationality relate to our knowledge and beliefs, our values, our judgments, and our decisions? Are we rational as individuals? As a species? In this book, Dr. Raymond S. Nickerson discusses much of the experimental research that has been done on reasoning as it relates to the question of human rationality, and comes to conclusions not typically offered by current volumes discussing this subject. Some of the many chapters include: • The search for standards of rationality • Intelligence and knowledge • Goals, values, and affect • Preference and judgment • Understanding and wisdom Raymond S. Nickerson, Ph.D. retired senior vice president of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. and research professor at Tufts University, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists. He was the founding editor of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and the founding and series editor of Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics an annual publication of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; he is the author of several books, the latest of which is Cognition and Chance: The Psychology of Probabilistic Reasoning (Erlbaum, 2004).