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Common Sense as a Paradigm of Thought : An Analysis of Social Interaction / by Delaney, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Wright Mills, Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motives and Common Sense -- Symbolic Interactionism, Social Action and Common Sense -- William James, Pragmatism, Habits, and Consciousness -- Charles Horton Cooley, Symbols, Language, and Social Interaction -- George Herbert Mead, Pragmatism, the Social Act, Gestures, and Language -- Herbert Blumer, Meanings, Language, Gestures, and Social Action -- Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self and Common Sense -- Phenomenology and Common Sense -- Edmund Husserl, The Rudiments of Common Sense -- Alfred Schutz, The Life-World, Stocks of Knowledge and Common Sense -- Peter Berger, The Social Construction of Reality and Common Sense -- Ethnomethodology and the Commonsense World -- Harold Garfinkel, Taken-for-Granted World, Accounts and the Commonsense World -- Popular Culture Box 3: "The Heresy of Heresies was Common Sense"George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Explaining Common Sense: From the Early Twentieth Century to the Postmodern Era -- Introduction -- Contemporary Scholarship in the Study of Common Sense -- Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Common Sense -- Martin Heidegger -- Hans-Georg Gadamer -- Paul Ricoeur -- Cornelius Castoriadis -- Antonio Gramsci and Common Sense -- Jurgen Habermas and Common Sense -- Immanuel Wallerstein and Common Sense -- Anthony Giddens, Structuration Theory and Common Sense -- Randall Collins, Interaction Ritual Chains and Common Sense -- McDonnell, Bail and Tavory, Resonance Theory and Common Sense -- Feminism and Post-feminism and Common Sense -- Postmodernism and Common Sense -- Posthumanism and Transhumanism -- Postcolonialism -- Popular Culture Box 4: Posthumanism and the Rise of Machines -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Learning About and Adhering to Common Sense -- Introductory Story -- Common Sense Is Learned Behavior -- The Socialization Process: A Critical Aspect of Learning About Common Sense -- Primary Groups -- Agents of Socialization -- Cyber Socialization and Social Media -- Observation and Personal Experience -- The Development of Enlightened Rational Thought and Reason -- Social Theoretical Explanations on How We Learn and Common Sense -- Social Learning Theory -- Symbolic Interactionism -- Subcultural Theory -- Anomie/Strain Theory -- Differential Association Theory -- Labeling Theory -- Control/Social Bond Theory -- Adhering to Common Sense -- Common Sense -- Common, Common Sense -- Popular Culture Box 5: "Robots Lack Common Sense, But They Will Shape Future Employment" -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Violating Common Sense: Uncommon Sense -- Introductory Story -- Impediments to Common Sense: -- Failure to Learn -- The Lack of a Formal Higher Education -- Overly Emotional and Irrational Fear -- Believing in Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstitions and Other Oddities -- Ignorance and Stupidity -- People Doing Dumb and Stupid Things: The Award Goes To -- Darwin Awards -- Stella Awards -- Dumb Criminals -- Not Adhering to Common Sense -- Uncommon Sense: It's Bad for Our Health -- Common, Uncommon Sense -- Popular Culture Box 6: "If Seemingly Every Decision You Make in Life Turns Out to Be a Matter of Uncommon Sense, Do the Opposite!" …”
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Neural basis of motivational and cognitive control

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- Wherefore a horse race : inhibitory control as rational decision-making / Shenoy and Yu -- The neuroeconomics of cognitive control / Chierchia and Coricelli -- Frames of reference in human social decision making / Hunt and Behrens -- Model-based approaches to the study of the neural basis of cognitive control / Bestmann and Mars.…”
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Law, politics, & perception how policy preferences influence legal reasoning / by Braman, Eileen

Table of Contents: “…Outlining a theory of motivated cognition in legal decision making -- A motivated reasoning approach to the commerce clause interpretation of the Rehnquist court -- Seeing what they want? …”
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Structure, evidence, and heuristic : evolutionary biology, economics, and the philosophy of their relationship / by Schulz, Armin W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction Chapter 1: Three Forms of Evolutionary Economics Chapter 2: Economic Choice as a Selective Process (The Structural Project I) Chapter 3: Market Competition as a Selective Process (The Structural Project II)Chapter 4: Of Macaques and Men: The Comparative Approach towards Economic Decision Making (The Evidential Project I)Chapter 5: Not All the Same: The Selection-Based Approach towards Economic Chapter 6: Equilibrium Modeling: Economics, Ecology, and Evolution (The Heuristic Project) Conclusion…”
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Handbook for health care ethics committees by Post, Linda Farber

Table of Contents: “…Ethical foundations of clinical practice -- Decision making and decisional capacity in adults -- Informed consent and refusal -- Truth telling: disclosure and confidentiality -- Special decision-making concerns of minors -- End-of-life issues -- Palliation -- Justice, access to care, and organizational ethics -- Clinical ethics consultation -- White papers, memoranda, guidelines, and protocols -- Sample policies and procedures.…”
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Ethical dilemmas in the creative, cultural and service industries / by Bouwer, J. (Johan), 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Ethics and business -- Culture, business and ethics in a globalising world -- Moral development, moral positioning and decision-making -- Ethical dilemmas and decision-making (models) -- Professional ethics -- Organisational ethics -- Corporate social responsibility -- Sustainability and business -- Business and human rights -- Responsible entrepreneurship and innovation -- Information technology and business.…”
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One world teaching tolerance and participation / by Cartașev, Sergeĭ

Table of Contents: “…-- Negotiating -- Creative thinking and decision making -- Brainstorming -- Free association -- Sleep on it! …”
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Racial prejudice, juror empathy, and sentencing in death penalty cases by Edelman, Bryan C., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Death penalty jurisprudence and sentencing systems in America -- Race disparities within the post-Furman system: archival literature -- The post-trial interview research on race and sentencing -- The experimental research on race and sentencing -- Developing a model of juror and jury decision-making -- Research design and procedures -- Results of analysis and models -- Discussion of juror decision-making: what does it all mean.…”
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Quantitative methods an introduction for business management / by Brandimarte, Paolo

Table of Contents: “…Elementary probability and statistics -- pt. 3. Models for decision making -- pt. 4. Advanced statistical modeling.…”
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The Civil Society Guide to Regional Economic Communities in Africa / by Makulilo, Alexander B.

Table of Contents: “…2.1.3 Policy priorities in the EAC2.2 EAC organs and institutions; 2.2.1 The composition and legal basis of key organs; 2.2.2 The Summit; 2.2.3 The Council of Ministers; 2.2.4 The Coordination Committee; 2.2.5 Sectoral committees; 2.2.6 The East African Court of Justice; 2.2.7 The Secretariat; 2.2.8 The East African Legislative Assembly; 2.2.9 Specialised institutions of the EAC; 2.3 Decision-making at the EAC; 2.3.1 General basis for decision-making; 2.3.2 Decision-making in practice; 2.3.3 Decision-making by the Summit; 2.3.4 Decision-making by the Council of Ministers…”
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The Civil Society Guide to Regional Economic Communities in Africa / by Makulilo, Alexander B.

Table of Contents: “…2.1.3 Policy priorities in the EAC2.2 EAC organs and institutions; 2.2.1 The composition and legal basis of key organs; 2.2.2 The Summit; 2.2.3 The Council of Ministers; 2.2.4 The Coordination Committee; 2.2.5 Sectoral committees; 2.2.6 The East African Court of Justice; 2.2.7 The Secretariat; 2.2.8 The East African Legislative Assembly; 2.2.9 Specialised institutions of the EAC; 2.3 Decision-making at the EAC; 2.3.1 General basis for decision-making; 2.3.2 Decision-making in practice; 2.3.3 Decision-making by the Summit; 2.3.4 Decision-making by the Council of Ministers…”
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The future of health economics /

Table of Contents: “…Technological changes and demographics -- pt. 3. Decision making and assessment.…”
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Organizational behavior 4. by Miner, John B.

Table of Contents: “…From leadership theory to leadership practice -- pt. 4. From decision-making theory to decision-making practice -- pt. 5. …”
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Legal aspects of mental capacity : a practical guide for health and social care professionals / by Dimond, Bridgit

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms -- Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act -- Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making -- Definition of mental capacity -- Making decisions in the best interests of others -- Lasting powers of attorney -- Court of Protection, court appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian and visitors -- Independent mental capacity advocates -- Advance decisions -- Research -- Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability -- Children and young persons -- Mental capacity and mental disorder -- Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS) -- Organ and tissue removal, storage and use -- The informal carer -- Implementation, resources, and code of practice -- Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland -- The future.…”
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Transgovernance Advancing Sustainability Governance /

Table of Contents: “…-- Emergency Response - Clustering Change -- Taking Boundary Work Seriously: Towards a Systemic Approach to the Analysis of Interactions between Knowledge Production and Decision-making on Sustainable Development -- Annex: Transgovernance - The Quest for Governance of Sustainable Development.…”
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The ethics challenge in public service a problem-solving guide / by Lewis, Carol W. (Carol Weiss), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Tools for individual decision making -- pt. 3. Ethics and the organization.…”
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The Failure of Soviet Economic Planning : System, Performance, Reform / by Campbell, Robert W. (Robert Wellington), 1926-2015

Table of Contents: “…The Stalinist Approach to Economic Development -- II. Studies of Decision Making and Performance. IV. Energy Prices and Decisions on Energy Use in the USSR. …”
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Working in teams : moving from high potential to high performance / by Griffith, Brian A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to teams -- Team design -- Interpersonal dynamics and conflict -- Leadership -- Communication -- Decision making -- Creativity and innovation -- Diversity -- Project management -- Performance evaluation -- References.…”

The Failure of Soviet Economic Planning : System, Performance, Reform / by Campbell, Robert W. (Robert Wellington), 1926-2015

Table of Contents: “…The Stalinist Approach to Economic Development -- II. Studies of Decision Making and Performance. IV. Energy Prices and Decisions on Energy Use in the USSR. …”
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