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Work #704 · Late

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman
2011 · English
Behavioral economics / cognitive psychology · Behavioral economics / heuristics-and-biases

Kahneman's 2011 foundational behavioral-economic text — System 1 (fast, intuitive) and System 2 (slow, deliberate) thinking

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Attribute Thinking, Fast and Slow (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Plural
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The dual temporal-cognitive system (fast vs. slow).

Space

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The cognitive-decision space.

Matter

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The embodied cognitive person.

Observer

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Central — the dual-system observer.

Energy

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Energies of System 1 and System 2 thinking.

Information

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Foundational behavioral-economic framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Kahneman's heuristics-and-biases program foundational for contemporary behavioral economics.