Beliefs Reasoning and Decision Making

<p>It is not unusual for a festschrift to include offerings from several areas of study but it is highly unusual for those areas to cross disciplinary lines. This book in doing just that is a testimony to Bob Abelson's impact on the disciplines of social psychology artificial intelligence and cognitive science and the applied areas of political psychology and decision-making. The contributors demonstrate that their association with Abelson whether as students or colleagues has resulted in an impressive intellectual cross-fertilization.</p>