About
Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist and economist, Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences in 2002. Born in Tel Aviv, he spent his childhood in Paris, where his family lived in hiding during the Nazi occupation. After studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD at Berkeley, he taught at several universities, including Princeton. With Amos Tversky, he developed prospect theory, showing how cognitive biases influence decisions under uncertainty. His book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' (2011) popularized the distinction between two modes of thought. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
* 1934-03-05 — † 2024-03-27
Major works
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011)non-fiction
- Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (2021)non-fiction
- Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (1982)edited volume
Key milestones
- 1979Publication with Amos Tversky of the seminal paper on prospect theory.
- 2002Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, shared with Vernon L. Smith.
- 2013Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.
Themes
Cognitive biasesDecision-makingBehavioral economicsDual-process theoryJudgment under uncertainty
Sources: nobelprize.org · princeton.edu · britannica.com