Daniel Kahneman

1934–2024 · cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, decision-making

Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, best known for his pioneering work in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. Together with Amos Tversky, he developed prospect theory, challenging classical economic assumptions about rational decision-making. His research on heuristics, biases, and the two-system model of thinking (System 1 and System 2) profoundly influenced psychology, economics, medicine, and public policy.

Notable Works

• Thinking, Fast and Slow
• Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (edited with Paul Slovic & Amos Tversky)
• Choices, Values, and Frames (edited with Amos Tversky)
• Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (with Olivier Sibony & Cass Sunstein)
• The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory (TED Talk)
• Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk (with Amos Tversky)
• Nobel Prize Lecture: Maps of Bounded Rationality
• Various interviews with Edge.org, The Guardian, and podcasts

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